Social marginalisation due to changing labour markets in a global, knowledge-intensive economy poses a major challenge to international welfare states. Addressing the problem from a citizenship perspective, this book contributes significantly to the understanding of policy problems.
Social marginalisation due to changing labour markets in a global, knowledge-intensive economy poses a major challenge to international welfare states...
There have been major shifts in the framework of social policy and welfare across Europe. Adopting a multi-level, comparative and interdisciplinary approach, this book develops a critical analysis of policy change and welfare reform in Europe. The book applies a dynamic and change-oriented perspective to shed light on policy changes that are often poorly understood in the welfare literature, and contributes to a further development of the theoretical and conceptual frameworks for understanding social change. Several dimensions of change are analyzed simultaneously: changes in the discipline...
There have been major shifts in the framework of social policy and welfare across Europe. Adopting a multi-level, comparative and interdisciplinary ap...
Active ageing has become a key phrase in the discourses about healthy aging processes, and one important way that it has been achieved in Europe is through the engagement of older people in volunteer work. "Active Ageing" offers a much-needed compendium of research on volunteerism among seniors. Ranging across eight European countries, the contributors highlight how different levels in the structure of volunteeringfrom local to nationalinteract, and how these interactions either facilitate or hinder seniors inclusion in voluntary work. They go on to offer policy suggestions for a more...
Active ageing has become a key phrase in the discourses about healthy aging processes, and one important way that it has been achieved in Europe is th...
