Handbook of quality of life in the enlarged European Union / edited by Jens Alber, Tony Fahey and Chiara Saraceno.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alber, Jens, 1947-

Fahey, Tony.

Saraceno, Chiara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quality of life--European Union countries.

Quality of life.

Social indicators--European Union countries.

Social indicators.

Economic conditions.

Social conditions.

European Union countries--Social conditions--21st century.

European Union countries.

European Union countries--Economic conditions--21st century.

European Union.

Physical Description:

xvi, 430 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Contents:

Introduction: EU enlargement and quality of life: the context and purpose of this book / Jens Alber, Tony Fahey, Chiara Saraceno 1

Part I Fertility, families and households 25

1 Fertility patterns and aspirations in Europe / Tony Fahey 27

2 Patterns of family living in the enlarged EU / Chiara Saraceno 47

3 Is there a generational cleavage in Europe? Age-specific perceptions of elderly care and of the pension system / Wolfgang Keck, Agnes Blome 73

4 Family policy patterns in the enlarged EU / Thomas Bahle 100

Part II Employment and working conditions 127

5 Employment patterns in the enlarged EU / Jens Alber 129

6 Working conditions and quality of work: a comparison of Eastern and Western Europe / Claire Wallace, Florian Pichler 162

7 Extension through dilution? European integration, enlargement and labour institutions / Jelle Visser 175

Part III Material living conditions 199

8 Poverty, deprivation and economic vulnerability in the enlarged EU / Christopher T. Whelan, Bertrand Maitre 201

9 Minimum income policies in old and new member states / Bea Cantillon, Natascha Van Mechelen, Bernd Schulte 218

10 Housing conditions / Henryk Domanski 235

11 Institutional drivers of housing inequalities in the enlarged EU / Michelle Norris 254

Part IV Social capital and social cohesion 277

12 Patterns of sociability in the enlarged EU / Manuela Olagnero, Paola Torrioni, Chiara Saraceno 279

13 Feeling left out: patterns of social integration and exclusion / Petra Bohnke 304

14 The perception of group conflicts: different challenges for social cohesion in new and old member states / Jan Delhey, Wolfgang Keck 328

Part V Processes of Europeanisation 353

15 Migration and mobility culture: an analysis of mobility intentions / Hubert Krieger 355

16 Where we stand in Europe: citizen perceptions of European country rankings and their influence on subjective well-being / Jan Delhey, Ulrich Kohler 385

17 Assessing the quality of European surveys: towards an open method of coordination for survey data / Ulrich Kohler 405.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415424674

9780415424677

0203936302

9780203936306

OCLC:

124158704