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The European Social Model Adrift Europe, Social Cohesion and the Economic Crisis
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume presents a new perspective for discussing the European social contract and its main challenges, bringing together single-nation and comparative studies from across Europe. Presenting both theoretical discussions and empirical case studies, it explores various aspects of social cohesion, including social protection, the labour market, social movements, healthcare, social inequalities... Read more
The European Social Model Adrift
Biography
Serena Romano is Honorary Research Fellow at The Birkbeck Institute for Social Research, University of London, UK and author of The Political and Social Construction of Poverty: Central and Eastern European Countries in Transition. While editing the book, Gabriella Punziano was a lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences of the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. She has recently been awarded a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Urban Studies at Gran Sasso Science Institute - GSSI (Italy).
’This book provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of the crisis and other recent economic and political developments on the European social model. Contemporary change is brilliantly put in historical perspective, in a way that allows us to understand the significance of current events.’ Giuliano Bonoli, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
