| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Social indicators research series, 1387-6570 ; v. 49 |
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Social indicators research series ; v. 49.
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| Contents |
Part 1. Approaches to the study of family well-being -- Conceptualizing Family Well-Being / Shirley L. Zimmerman -- Social Quality, the Quality of Life and Parents with Young Children in Europe / Pamela Abbott and Claire Wallace -- Introduction / Almudena Moreno Mínguez -- Part 2. Family, child poverty and well-being -- Child Poverty and Child Well-Being in Italy in a Comparative Framework / Daniela Del Boca and Anna Laura Mancini -- Child Well-Being and Lone Parenthood Across the OECD / Simon Chapple -- Part 3. Work family balance and gender -- Parental Leave Policies, Gender Equity and Family Well-Being in Europe: A Comparative Perspective / Karin Wall and Anna Escobedo -- New Social Risks and Work-Family Balance / Anders Ejrnæs and Thomas P. Boje -- Spousal Well-Being: An Inquiry into the Links Between Household Income and Parental Task Division / Joris Ghysels -- Working Parents, Family and Gender in Spain from an European Comparative Perspective / Almudena Moreno Mínguez -- Measuring the Past: Gender, Health and Welfare in Europe Since c. 1800 / Bernard Harris -- Part 4. Youth, elder, migration and social work -- Support and Success in Youth Transitions: A Comparative Analysis on the Relation Between Subjective and Systemic Factors / Andreas Walther, Barbara Stauber and Axel Pohl -- Policies to Support Carers / Frédérique Hoffmann, Manfred Huber and Ricardo Rodrigues -- Caught Between a Troubled Past and an Uncertain Future: The Well-Being of Asylum-Seeking Children in Sweden / Ulla Björnberg -- Empowerment, Well-Being and the Welfare State: Family Social Work in Spain / Antonio López Peláez and Sagrario Segado Sánchez-Cabezudo |
| Summary |
This ground-breaking work plugs a yawning gap in the methods developed by social scientists to measure 'well-being', which to date have not featured a targeted measure of this variable for family groups. As Southern European societies crack under the strain of austerity programs imposed as a response to the current financial crisis, measuring the well-being of families is becoming an ever more urgent task. The contributors call for the gathering of data on a more broad-based definition of the family that accounts for social changes in recent decades. These changes have been seismic, with dramatic increases in globalization, population aging, labor force restructuring, increases in participation by mothers in the labor force, and single-parent families. This greater diversity in family structure makes the proposals put forward here a welcome addition to the debate, advocating a more inclusive understanding of how various families are impacted by the influences of social change, and arguing that these indices are essential to guide research, policy development, resource allocation and social evaluation |
| Analysis |
Social sciences |
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Quality of Life |
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Quality of Life Research |
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kwaliteit van het leven |
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sociale wetenschappen |
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Social Sciences (General) |
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Sociale wetenschappen (algemeen) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Quality of life -- Europe
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Well-being -- Europe
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Families.
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Nuclear families.
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Droit.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Nuclear families
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Families
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Quality of life
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Well-being
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Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Moreno Mínguez, Almudena
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| ISBN |
9789400743540 |
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9400743548 |
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940074353X |
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9789400743533 |
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