Overview
- This book focuses on the comparative analyse of family
- A dimension which literature has not covered till the present in a European perspective
Part of the book series: Social Indicators Research Series (SINS, volume 49)
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About this book
In the international literature there is a broad scope for comparative research on the welfare regime, family change and gender relations, but we have no book that comprehensively collects the main research that has been conducted from the perspective of family well-being. Thus, this volume focuses on the comparative analyse of family and well-being in a European perspective, a dimension which literature has not covered till the present.
This book collects the researches done in Europe on family well-being and compares family change and well-being in different institutional and cultural contexts. It takes a deeper look at early evidence of family well-being and presents a compilation of findings from the main researchers on this topic.
A broad range of topics is covered from the theorizing of children’s well-being to the development of specific measures of family well-being. The book also outlines pivotal methodological and conceptual issues. A distinguished, international group of researchers provide insights into the dynamics of family change and well-being, using indicators as a means to confront new phenomena as well as to bridge data and theory.
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Keywords
- Child Poverty
- Comparative Research
- Elderly
- Enpowerment
- Europe
- Family
- Family Policy
- Family Well-being
- Family change
- Gender
- Gender Euity
- Gender Roles
- Household Labour
- Income Support
- Parent Child Relations
- Social Indicators
- Social Work
- Sole Parents
- Transition to Adulthood
- Welfare Regimes
- Well-Being
- Working Parents
Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Approaches to the Study of Family Well-Being
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Front Matter
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Approaches to the study of family well-being
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Family, Child Poverty and Well-Being
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Family, child poverty and well-being
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Work Family Balance and Gender
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Work family balance and gender
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Youth, Elder, Migration and Social Work
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Youth, elder, migration and social work
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Back Matter
Reviews
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“The book is structured around four major parts, with a total of 14 chapters. … This book is highly recommended as required reading for a wide range of quality of life researchers, students as well as members of the government or non-government organizations. It can be taken as a reference book for researchers in this field of study. Its content in qualitative and quantitative data gives the volume a special strength.” (Marta Ortega Gaspar, Applied Research Quality Life, Vol. 9, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Almudena Moreno took a PhD in Sociology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2004 and is professor in sociology at the University of Valladolid. She specialised in family issues, welfare state, public policy and comparative research on gender. She has been visiting researcher at the universities of Oxford (United Kingdom), McGill (Canada), Göteborg (Sweden), Stirling (United Kingdom), Turin (Italy) and Chicago (EE.UU). Currently she is taking part in two European projects on equality policies on gender and youth. She is also a member in AREA, where she is developing her work as researcher in different European projects. Her research work has been recognized with the International Award for Young Sociologists, given by the International Sociological Association in 1998; an award of research given by the Fundación Acción Familiar, in 2004 and the extraordinary award of Ph.D. in 2006.
She has published numerous books and articles. Her last publications include: (2009): "Gender, Equality and Quality of Life: Examples of Best Practices from Nine European Cities" in: Community Quality-of Life Indicators, V.2, Best Cases, edited by Philips, Rhonda; Rahtz, Don R.; (2009): "Family and gender roles in Spain from a comparative perspective", European Societies Journal; (2009): "Gender Roles, Family Policies and Dilemmas of the Work and Family Life Balance in Spain from a Comparative European Framework", Journal of Societal & Social Policy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Family Well-Being
Book Subtitle: European Perspectives
Editors: Almudena Moreno Minguez
Series Title: Social Indicators Research Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4354-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4353-3Published: 14 July 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8208-1Published: 09 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4354-0Published: 15 July 2012
Series ISSN: 1387-6570
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0099
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 308
Topics: Quality of Life Research