ISBN:
9780415424677
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 430 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Handbook of Quality of Life in the Enlarged European Union
DDC:
306.3072/04
Keywords:
European Union
;
Social indicators
;
Quality of life
;
European Union countries Social conditions 21st century
;
European Union countries Economic conditions 21st century
Abstract:
This is a comparative handbook and analysis of the social conditions and institutional contexts in the 'new' and 'old' member states of the enlarged EU- 28
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Introduction: EU enlargement and quality of life: The context and purpose of this book; Part I: Fertility, families and households; 1 Fertility patterns and aspirations in Europe; 2 Patterns of family living in the enlarged EU; 3 Is there a generational cleavage in Europe?: Age-specific perceptions of elderly care and of the pension system; 4 Family policy patterns in the enlarged EU; Part II: Employment and working conditions; 5 Employment patterns in the enlarged EU
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Working conditions and quality of work: A comparison of Eastern and Western Europe7 Extension through dilution?: European integration, enlargement and labour institutions; Part III: Material living conditions; 8 Poverty, deprivation and economic vulnerability in the enlarged EU; 9 Minimum income policies in old and new member states; 10 Housing conditions; 11 Institutional drivers of housing inequalities in the enlarged EU; Part IV: Social capital and social cohesion; 12 Patterns of sociability in the enlarged EU; 13 Feeling left out: Patterns of social integration and exclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
14 The perception of group conflicts: Different challenges for social cohesion in new and old member statesPart V: Processes of Europeanisation; 15 Migration and mobility culture: An analysis of mobility intentions; 16 Where we stand in Europe: Citizen perceptions of European country rankings and their influence on subjective well-being; 17 Assessing the quality of European surveys: Towards an open method of coordination for survey data; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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