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This book explores the dimensions and characteristics of social vulnerability in Western Europe. It provides a broad empirical foundation for recent theories on the emergence of new social risks in post-industrial societies, revealing to what extent social risks are compromising the 'normal' functioning of the European population.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Concepts and Methodology
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Aspects of Social Vulnerability
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Multidimensional Analysis
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
GIULIANA COSTA is Assistant Professor in Sociology at the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
SALVATORE CURATOLO is Assistant Professor in Applied Economics at the University of Parma, Italy
IVANA FELLINI is Assistant Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
BRUNELLA FIORE is Research Fellow at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
GIUSEPPE A. MICHELI is Professor of Demography at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
MAURO MIGLIAVACCA teaches and researches at the Catholic University of Milan, at the Polytechnic of Milan and at the Ca' Foscari University in Venice, Italy
PIETRO PALVARINI is Ph.D. candidate in Urban and Local European Studies (URBEUR) at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
EMMANUELE PAVOLINI is Professor in Economic Sociology and Social Policy at University of Macerata, Italy
COSTANZO RANCI is Professor in Economic Sociology and Director of the Social Policy Research Laboratory at the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
ALESSANDRO ROSINA is Associate Professor in Demography at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy
GUGLIELMO WOLLEB is Professor of Economics at the University of Parma, Italy
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Vulnerability in Europe
Book Subtitle: The New Configuration of Social Risks
Editors: Costanzo Ranci
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230245778
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-58091-6Published: 30 November 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-24577-8Published: 30 November 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 299
Topics: Politics of the Welfare State, Public Policy, Sociology, general, European Culture, Social Care, Social Structure, Social Inequality