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Social isolation in modern society / Roelof Hortulanus, Anja Machielse and Ludwien Meeuwesen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hortulanus, R. P.
- Series:
- Routledge advances in sociology ; 19.
- Routledge advances in sociology ; 19
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social isolation.
- Loneliness.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
- Summary:
- and psychological theories of feelings of loneliness. Both traditions are embedded in research, with the results of a large-scale international study being used to describe the extent, nature and divergent manifestations of social isolation. A new typology of social contacts is developed in order to take into account the number of network members and the quality of social contacts measured in terms of feelings of loneliness. The book provides a clear insight into personal, social and socio-economic causes and the consequences of social isolation and contains concrete policy recommendations.
- Contents:
- The issue of social isolation / Roelof Hortulanus and Anja Machielse
- Theories on social contacts and social isolation / Anja Machielse
- A typology of social contacts / Ludwien Meeuwesen
- Life events and social isolation / Ludwien Meeuwesen
- Personal competences and social isolation / Ludwien Meeuwesen
- Health and social isolation / Ludwien Meeuwesen
- Social isolation : formal and informal support / Anja Machielse
- Societal participation and social isolation / Roelof Hortulanus
- Social environment and social isolation / Roelof Hortulanus
- Social isolation in city and countryside / Anja Machielse
- Social isolation : a combined analysis / Ludwien Meeuwesen
- The social contact typology : a further subgroup profiling / Roelof Hortulanus
- Research on social isolation into perspective / Ludwien Meeuwesen, Anja Machielse, and Roelof Hortulanus
- Towards a new policy vision on social isolation / Roelof Hortulanus.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-277) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0415367689
- OCLC:
- 58975735
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