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Social Classes in Europe

Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 2002
The current globalization context brings new questions to class analysis. After a brief review of the theoretical stance and the operationalization possibilities offered by today's sociology of social classes and stratification, this article presents a comparative analysis in which a selected set of social recomposition indicators is applied to the ...
Costa, A. F.   +4 more
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The Social Atlas of Europe

2014
This is the first human geography social atlas of Europe to consider the European economy, culture, history and human and physical geography as a single land mass and a more unified European people. It provides an accessible overview of Europe and a human geography contribution to debates about a wide range of topics.
Ballas, D, Dorling, D, Hennig, B
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A Strong Europe is a Social Europe

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2004
The Working Group on Social Europe made a convincing case for a social Europe to be seen as a constitutional question and not merely as a question of policy content. When the Praesidium issued its draft of the first sixteen articles of the proposed new Constitutional Treaty, it became clear that the Working Group's deliberations were not taken into ...
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Social Nation and Social Europe

European Union Politics, 2009
This article investigates citizen support for welfare provisions, where these can be provided at both the national and the EU level. The guiding question is whether welfare provisions at one level dampen, increase or have little effect on support for assistance at the other level. Analysis of data on support for national and EU-level welfare assistance
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COMPETITION AND SOCIAL HOUSING IN EUROPE

Economic Affairs, 2008
This article discusses the application of the concept of competition to social housing in Europe. A distinction is made between competition amongst social housing suppliers and between social housing organisations and commercial suppliers of housing.
Oxley, Michael   +3 more
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Social Europe and Social Science

Social Policy and Society, 2003
Social policy in the European Union has developed rapidly in recent years, following the 2000 Lisbon Summit and the subsequent adoption of National Action Plans on Social Inclusion and a set of common social indicators for all Member States. This paper describes European initiatives and examines the role played by social science research in these ...
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Social Europe

2023
This country report provides an overview of legal developments and policy discussions related to the EU social dimension in the Netherlands. The report contributes to a more general discussion of the development of a Social Europe and the challenges related to social integration. Those challenges are grouped into seven subjects: 1.
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The Frontal Attack on Social Europe

International Journal of Health Services, 2013
This article explains the consequences of the way that the establishment of the euro as the currency for the eurozone countries has negatively affected their welfare state. The article analyzes the political events that led to the creation of the euro and its impact on the welfare and well-being of these countries' populations.
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Social assistance in Southern Europe

South European Society and Politics, 1996
This article summarizes social assistance programmes and outcomes in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Turkey drawing material from a comparative study of OECD countries. A distinct social assistance regime is identified, characterized by the absence of a national minimum income safety net with categorical schemes for the aged and local discretionary ...
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Social Europe, Social Action and Social Work

1992
British social work is going through a period of considerable uncertainty. It is searching for new purpose and a new theoretical base. The argument of this book is that a clear involvement with European social action agendas can give it that purpose, and that the experience and traditions of other forms of social work can be useful in creating that new
Crescy Cannan, Lynne Berry, Karen Lyons
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