Social Vulnerability in Europe: The New Configuration of Social Risks

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Author(s): Costanzo Ranci
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 320

Contents......Page 6
List of Figures and Tables......Page 8
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 13
Notes on the Contributors......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgements......Page 20
Part I: Concepts and Methodology......Page 22
1 Social Vulnerability in Europe......Page 24
2 Bringing Territory Back in Social Comparative Research......Page 46
Part II: Aspects of Social Vulnerability......Page 56
3 Beyond the Male Breadwinner Family Model......Page 58
4 Income Vulnerability in Europe......Page 79
5 Unstable Employment in Western Europe: Exploring the Individual and Household Dimensions......Page 109
6 Housing Deprivation and Vulnerability in Western Europe......Page 147
7 Disability and Caregiving: A Step Toward Social Vulnerability?......Page 180
Part III: Multidimensional Analysis......Page 208
8 The Vulnerability of Young Adults on Leaving the Parental Home......Page 210
9 Social Vulnerability: A Multidimensional Analysis......Page 240
10 Explaining Social Vulnerability......Page 271
General Conclusions......Page 300
References......Page 304
D......Page 316
I......Page 317
N......Page 318
S......Page 319
Z......Page 320