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What has been the impact on social cohesion of contemporary cities in Europe, of the rise of new social risks and of the recent economic crisis? Focussing on 20 European urban contexts, this book provides an empirical analysis of the socio-economic transformations driving the emergence of new social risks and of the capacity of welfare policies.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Structural Mechanisms and Social Policy in Local Welfare Systems
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Vulnerable Groups: Coping with Uncertainty
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Conclusion
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Manuel Aguilar, University of Barcelona, Spain
Gojko Be ovan, University of Zagreb, Crotia
Sandro Cattacin, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Giuliana Costa, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
Marianna d'Ovidio, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Anna Escobedo, University of Barcelona, Spain
Benjamin Ewert, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
Laurent Fraisse, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire pour la Sociologie Economique, France
Lara Maestripieri, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
Ilona Matysiak, University of Warsaw, Poland
Patricia Naegeli, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Pietro Palvarini, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Renata Siemie?ska, University of Warsaw, Italy
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Vulnerability in European Cities
Book Subtitle: The Role of Local Welfare in Times of Crisis
Editors: Costanzo Ranci, Taco Brandsen, Stefania Sabatinelli
Series Title: Work and Welfare in Europe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137346926
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-34691-9Published: 25 March 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-46715-0Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-34692-6Published: 25 March 2014
Series ISSN: 2947-4124
Series E-ISSN: 2947-4132
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 306
Topics: Politics of the Welfare State, Public Policy, Urban Studies/Sociology, European Culture, Social Policy, Social Care