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Author : John Micklewright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Is Child Welfare Converging in the European Union? written by John Micklewright and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eriikka Oinonen
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Families in Converging Europe written by Eriikka Oinonen and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Families in Converging Europe examines common familial trends and differences between Northern and Southern and Eastern and Western Europe from 1960s to early 2000s and discusses the most common theoretical explanations for convergence and divergence. The interest lies in macro-level social changes and in the interrelationship between the family and other social institutions. In-depth comparison of Finnish and Spanish cases as representatives of North and South Europe provides an example of how macro-level changes affect both family ideology and practices.
Author : Micklewright, John
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1861342268
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (613 download)
Download or read book The Welfare of Europe's Children written by Micklewright, John and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2000-04-12 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyses the trends of child well-being in Europe over the last two decades and asks whether the current well-being of children in different member states and children's life chances are becoming more similar or not.
Author : Nick Frost
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415312578
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Child Welfare: Issues in child welfare written by Nick Frost and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2005 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection focuses on child welfare in its specific sense: welfare and social interventions with children and young people undertaken by State bodies or NGO's. The term 'child welfare' is deployed differently in diverse international settings. In the United Kingdom child welfare tends to refer to individualised programmes for children who have experienced problems in their lives. In India, to take a contrasting example, it can also refer to major housing and nutrition programmes. This collection takes an inclusive approach to international perspectives.The collection is completed by a new general introduction by the editor, individual volume introductions, and a full index.Titles also available in this series include, Medical Sociology (November 2004, 4 Volumes, 495) and the forthcoming collection Health Care Systems (2005, 3 Volumes, c.395).
Author : Harry Hendrick
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1861345666
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (613 download)
Download or read book Child Welfare and Social Policy written by Harry Hendrick and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2005-03-16 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an essential one-stop introduction to the key concepts, issues, policies and practices affecting child welfare, with particular emphasis on the changing nature of the relationship between child welfare and social policy. No other book brings together such a wide selection of material to form an attractive and indispensable teaching and learning resource. Child welfare and social policy provides readers with an historical overview of child welfare in England and Wales; high quality contributions from leading authorities in the field; discursive introductions to each section that set individual chapters in the broader context of childhood studies and case study material to bring discussions to life. Key topics covered include morality and child welfare; relations between law, medicine, social work, social theory and child welfare; children's rights and democratic citizenship and children as raw material for 'social investment'. Child welfare and social policy is invaluable reading for students and academics in social policy, sociology, education and social work. It is also a useful resource for health and social work professionals wishing to follow current debates in theory and practice.
Author : Ipek Eren Vural
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317159934
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Converging Europe written by Ipek Eren Vural and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Converging Europe' evaluates the impact of European integration on social policy development since the launch and re-launch of the Lisbon strategy discussing the challenges posed by the still unfolding global economic crisis of 2007-2009. Given the unsettling economic conditions, does European coordination of social policies generate more social cohesion and integration or growing xenophobia, nationalism and exclusion? Informed by diverse theoretical perspectives, this book brings together a team of international experts working on an extensive range of policy issues central to the Lisbon agenda such as labour market policies, social protection systems, and social exclusion/poverty. Contributions assess the interfaces between European integration, the Lisbon strategy and social policy in three groups of countries related to the EU: old member states; the new member states; and a candidate country - Turkey. The richness of content and data allows rigorous analysis and critical comparative insights not only on the social outcomes of the Lisbon strategy but also more broadly on the dynamics and dimensions of European social policy. Pioneering the scholarly reflections on the repercussions of the global economic crisis of 2007-2009 for both the road map drawn at Lisbon and viability of national systems of social provision in Europe, this book is an important acquisition for policy makers and academics alike.
Author : Ivar Lodemel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199773629
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book Activation or Workfare? Governance and the Neo-Liberal Convergence written by Ivar Lodemel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last decade of the 20th century was marked by a shift in how welfare-states deal with those at the bottom of the income ladder. This shift involved the introduction/strengthening of work-obligations as a condition for receiving minimum income benefits - which, in some countries, was complemented by efforts to help recipients return to the labour market, namely through the investment in active labour market policies (ALMP). Based on case-studies of developments in the US and eight European nations (UK, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, France, Portugal and the Czech Republic), this book argues that this first set of reforms was followed by a second wave of reforms that, whilst deepening the path towards the focus on work, brings important innovations- be it the tools used to help recipients back to the labour markets (ex., financial incentives) and in how activation policies are delivered (ex., integration of benefit and employment services). Looking at the array of developments introduced during this period, we discern two key trends. The first concerns the strengthening of the role of the market in the governance of activation, which is visible in the strengthening of the focus on work, or the marketisation of employment services. The second, concerns a move towards the individualisation of service delivery, visible in the expansion of the use of personal action plans or in efforts to streamline service delivery. Finally, we show that the onset of the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, has triggered a new wave of reforms. Whilst tentative only, our analysis points to a worrying trend of the curtailment or benefits (Portugal) and activation services (Netherlands, Czech Republic) to minimum income recipients and, in parallel, a further deepening of the focus on work-conditionality (UK and Norway).
Author : Geraldine Van Bueren
Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9789287162694
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (626 download)
Download or read book Child Rights in Europe written by Geraldine Van Bueren and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyzes the effectiveness of the judicial protection of children's rights within the Council of Europe. The extent to which common standards have been developed by the courts in implementing children's rights is examined both from the perspective of the European Court of Human Rights and the judgments of the highest national courts within the member states of the Council of Europe. Further analysis is made of the Council of Europe's Social Charter and the reports of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.--Publisher's description
Author : Nick Axford
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 9781847420657
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Exploring Concepts of Child Well-being written by Nick Axford and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2008-03-11 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policy reforms to children's services are increasingly driven by outcomes that focus on child well-being. Until now, however, this concept has been dimly defined. Seeking a better understanding of what child well-being is and how services can improve it, Nick Axford's pivotal book provides groundbreaking pathways into understanding the true success of child services. After investigating the main approaches to thinking about child well-being, he goes on to apply them to the actual child population by examining household surveys and agency audit data. Finally, he considers the overall implications for children's services, providing a must-read for anyone interested in these critical programs.
Author : Jochen Clasen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1847206913
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (472 download)
Download or read book Investigating Welfare State Change written by Jochen Clasen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary accounts of welfare state change have produced conflicting findings and incompatible theoretical explanations. By discussing the most salient aspects of the 'dependent variable problem', this work offers suggestions as to how the problem might be tackled within empirical cross-national analyses of modern welfare states.
Author : Aron Shlonsky
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190294000
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Child Welfare Research written by Aron Shlonsky and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-25 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research has already been a significant factor in child welfare policy in recent years, but this essential new volume demonstrates that it has taken a leading role in the field to spur and guide change. In the incisive chapters gathered here, some of the field's top investigators present their work and assess its effect on the full spectrum of child welfare services. Future generations of researchers, as well as students, practitioners, and service providers, will find the resulting text indispensable. Edited by Duncan Lindsey and Aron Shlonsky, two of the discipline's most articulate voices, the book covers every base. The opening chapters situate child welfare research in the modern context; they are followed by discussions of evidence-based practice in the field, arguably its most pressing concern now. Recent years have seen historic rises in the number of children adopted through public agencies and, accordingly, permanent placement and family ties are critical topics that occupy the book's core, along with chapters broaching the thorny questions that surround decision-making and risk assessment. The urgent need for a more effective use of research and evidence is highlighted again with looks at the future of child protection and how concrete data can influence policy and help children. Finally, in recognition of the growing importance of a global view, closing chapters address international issues in child welfare research, including an examination of policies from abroad and a multinational comparison of the economic challenges facing single mothers and their children. With its insightful treatment of child welfare services in terms of the broader welfare system and acknowledgment of the myriad problems child welfare agencies face, this exceptional compendium offers a rich understanding of the social conditions that influence contemporary child welfare and enables the field to move ahead without losing sight of valuable lessons that have been learned.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0195306619
Total Pages : 2244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Social Work written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 2244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rachael Hetherington
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470851376
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The Welfare of Children with Mentally Ill Parents written by Rachael Hetherington and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-01-10 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Welfare of Children with Mentally Ill Parents examines the interventions made by professional workers from a range of different disciplines in families with dependent children and a mentally ill parent. The authors compare responses of professionals in ten European countries and one state in Australia. The analysis of the differences sheds new light on both the inherent and system-determined difficulties in helping families to manage their situation effectively. * Features the only comparative study of mental health social services and the law governing compulsory hospital admission * Covers a current "hot-button" topic that is growing in importance as the impact of social policy developments on children over time becomes more apparent * Offers a unique perspective due to the focus on the impact of children of mentally ill parents and the international systems that deal with child protection
Author : Rainer Arnold
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 940177465X
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Convergence of the Fundamental Rights Protection in Europe written by Rainer Arnold and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book gives insight into the structures and developments of the fundamental rights protection in Europe which is effective at the levels of the national Constitutions, the European Convention of Human Rights and, for the EU member States of the EU Fundamental Rights Charter. The contributions of renowned academics from various European countries demonstrate the functional interconnection of these protection systems which result in an increasing convergence. Basic questions are reflected, such as human dignity as foundation of fundamental rights or positive action as a specific form of equality as well as the concept of rights convergence. In this latter contribution the forms of direct reception of a different legal order and of the functional transfer of principles and concepts are analyzed. Particular reference is made to the EU Charter, the United Kingdom Human Rights Act as well as to France and Germany. It becomes obvious how important interpretation is for the harmonization of national and conventional fundamental rights protection. Traditional institutional approaches like the dualist transformation concept in Germany are functionally set aside in the harmonization process through constitutional interpretation. Specific studies are dedicated to the field of the EU Fundamental Rights Charter and to the European impacts on the national fundamental rights protection in selected countries such as the “new democracies” Poland, Romania and Kosovo as well as more traditional systems such as Spain, Italy, the Nordic countries or Turkey.
Author : Jonathan D. Healy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351930281
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Housing, Fuel Poverty and Health written by Jonathan D. Healy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first fully comparative study of fuel poverty across the EU, this work analyses the relationship between domestic energy efficiency, fuel poverty and health. The book adopts a holistic approach, incorporating a large number of social and economic risk factors to present a large-scale, cross-country, longitudinal analysis. The book is unique in: * Developing a new (consensual) methodology for calculating cross-country fuel poverty levels; * Presenting a detailed econometric/statistical analysis of EU fuel poverty; * Detailing the results of an empirical investigation of EU housing conditions, affordability and housing satisfaction; * Identifying risk factors related to seasonal variations in mortality across the EU; * Offering an empirical examination of health outcomes associated with fuel poverty; * Providing startling new evidence on fuel poverty in Southern Europe. Housing, Fuel Poverty and Health provides a powerful reference source for researchers and practitioners in the areas of energy economics, public health and epidemiology, housing and social policy.
Author : Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9789287147394
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (473 download)
Download or read book Documents, working papers. 2001, vol. 8: Documents 9155-9241 written by Council of Europe and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Colin Hay
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199284288
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book European Politics written by Colin Hay and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring carefully edited contributions from international experts, European Politics blends an analysis of individual nation states with an examination of the critical issues that confront them all. Taking into account the enlargement of the European Union, it provides coverage of Central and Eastern Europe along with discussions of Western Europe. The text considers both the national and transnational factors that affect and are affected by politics in Europe--notably European integration and globalization. European Politics includes chapters on all the major issues, organized into four sections. Section One provides basic information and details of the essential debates concerning the states of Europe and the European Union. Section Two presents comparative chapters on the key features of European politics. These offer a sense of the major areas of continuity and change across Europe as a whole. Section Three again presents explicitly comparative chapters outlining the developments in specific policy sectors. Finally, Section Four outlines the nature of Europe's external relations. European Politics is enhanced by excellent pedagogical features including readers' guides, key points, questions, web links, text boxes, a glossary, and a guide to further reading. A companion website features resources for students including an interactive map of Europe with facts, key dates, and web links for twenty-six countries; mulitiple-choice questions for each chapter; and a flashcard glossary. It also contains PowerPoint slides for instructors.
