Family Well-Being European Perspectives /

This ground-breaking work plugs a yawning gap in the methods developed by social scientists to measure <U+0018>well-being<U+0019>, 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 pro...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Moreno Minguez, Almudena. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Social Indicators Research Series, 49
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4354-0
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction - Almudena Moreno Mn̕guez
  • Part I Approaches to the study of family well-being
  • 2 Conceptualizing family well-being - Shirley Zimmerman
  • 3 Social quality, the quality of life and families in Europe - Claire Wallace and Paloma Abbott
  • Part II Family, child poverty and well-being
  • 4 Child poverty and well-being in Italy in a comparative framework - Daniela Del Boca and Anna Laura Mancini
  • 5 Child well-being and single parent family structure in the OECD - Simon Chapple
  • Part III Work family balance and gender
  • 6 Parental leave policies, gender equity and family well-being in Europe: a comparative perspective - Karim Wall and Anna Escobedo
  • 7 Work-family balance and new social risks - Anders Ejrns̆ & Thomas P. Boje
  • 8 Spousal well-being: an inquiry into the links between household income and parental task division - Joris Ghysels
  • 9 Working parents and well-being family - Almudena Moreno Mn̕guez
  • 10 Gender and well-being in Britain since 1800 - Bernard Harris
  • Part IV Youth, elder, migration and social work
  • 11 Support and success in youth transitions. A comparative analysis on the relation between subjective and systemic factors - Axel Pohl, Barbara Stauber and Andreas Walther
  • 12 How will a potential reduction in informal care affect the well-being of the elderly? - Manfred Huber, Ricardo Rodrigues and Frďřique Hoffmann
  • 13 Well-being and resilience in asylum seeking children and families in Sweden - Ulla Bjr̲nberg
  • 14 Empowerment and social work with families - Antonio Lp̤ez Pelèz and Sagrario Segado Sǹchez-Cabezudo 4 Child poverty and well-being in Italy in a comparative framework - Daniela Del Boca and Anna Laura Mancini
  • 5 Child well-being and single parent family structure in the OECD - Simon Chapple
  • Part III Work family balance and gender
  • 6 Parental leave policies, gender equity and family well-being in Europe: a comparative perspective - Karim Wall and Anna Escobedo
  • 7 Work-family balance and new social risks - Anders Ejrns̆ & Thomas P. Boje
  • 8 Spousal well-being: an inquiry into the links between household income and parental task division - Joris Ghysels
  • 9 Working parents and well-being family - Almudena Moreno Mn̕guez
  • 10 Gender and well-being in Britain since 1800 - Bernard Harris
  • Part IV Youth, elder, migration and social work
  • 11 Support and success in youth transitions. A comparative analysis on the relation between subjective and systemic factors - Axel Pohl, Barbara Stauber and Andreas Walther
  • 12 How will a potential reduction in informal care affect the well-being of the elderly? - Manfred Huber, Ricardo Rodrigues and Frďřique Hoffmann
  • 13 Well-being and resilience in asylum seeking children and families in Sweden - Ulla Bjr̲nberg
  • 14 Empowerment and social work with families - Antonio Lp̤ez Pelèz and Sagrario Segado Sǹchez-Cabezudo 5 Child well-being and single parent family structure in the OECD - Simon Chapple
  • Part III Work family balance and gender
  • 6 Parental leave policies, gender equity and family well-being in Europe: a comparative perspective - Karim Wall and Anna Escobedo
  • 7 Work-family balance and new social risks - Anders Ejrns̆ & Thomas P. Boje
  • 8 Spousal well-being: an inquiry into the links between household income and parental task division - Joris Ghysels
  • 9 Working parents and well-being family - Almudena Moreno Mn̕guez
  • 10 Gender and well-being in Britain since 1800 - Bernard Harris
  • Part IV Youth, elder, migration and social work
  • 11 Support and success in youth transitions. A comparative analysis on the relation between subjective and systemic factors - Axel Pohl, Barbara Stauber and Andreas Walther
  • 12 How will a potential reduction in informal care affect the well-being of the elderly? - Manfred Huber, Ricardo Rodrigues and Frďřique Hoffmann
  • 13 Well-being and resilience in asylum seeking children and families in Sweden - Ulla Bjr̲nberg
  • 14 Empowerment and social work with families - Antonio Lp̤ez Pelèz and Sagrario Segado Sǹchez-Cabezudo 6 Parental leave policies, gender equity and family well-being in Europe: a comparative perspective - Karim Wall and Anna Escobedo
  • 7 Work-family balance and new social risks - Anders Ejrns̆ & Thomas P. Boje
  • 8 Spousal well-being: an inquiry into the links between household income and parental task division - Joris Ghysels
  • 9 Working parents and well-being family - Almudena Moreno Mn̕guez
  • 10 Gender and well-being in Britain since 1800 - Bernard Harris
  • Part IV Youth, elder, migration and social work
  • 11 Support and success in youth transitions. A comparative analysis on the relation between subjective and systemic factors - Axel Pohl, Barbara Stauber and Andreas Walther
  • 12 How will a potential reduction in informal care affect the well-being of the elderly? - Manfred Huber, Ricardo Rodrigues and Frďřique Hoffmann
  • 13 Well-being and resilience in asylum seeking children and families in Sweden - Ulla Bjr̲nberg
  • 14 Empowerment and social work with families - Antonio Lp̤ez Pelèz and Sagrario Segado Sǹchez-Cabezudo 11 Support and success in youth transitions. A comparative analysis on the relation between subjective and systemic factors - Axel Pohl, Barbara Stauber and Andreas Walther
  • 12 How will a potential reduction in informal care affect the well-being of the elderly? - Manfred Huber, Ricardo Rodrigues and Frďřique Hoffmann
  • 13 Well-being and resilience in asylum seeking children and families in Sweden - Ulla Bjr̲nberg
  • 14 Empowerment and social work with families - Antonio Lp̤ez Pelèz and Sagrario Segado Sǹchez-Cabezudo.