Local Welfare Policy Making in European Cities

Local Welfare Policy Making in European Cities

This book focuses on how EU welfare policies are implemented at the local level in 11 European cities and how local policy making addresses women’s care responsibilities. The book studies the complex combination of and the relationships between local political processes, policies, institutions, stru...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kutsar, Dagmar (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kuronen, Marjo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Σειρά:Social Indicators Research Series, 59
Θέματα:
Social sciences.
Medical research.
Social policy.
Quality of life.
Social Sciences.
Quality of Life Research.
Social Policy.
Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • PREFACE - Per H Jensen
  • List of Contributors
  • 1. INTRODUCTION: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK - Dagmar Kutsar and Marjo Kuronen (possibly with a contribution by Per Jensen)
  • PART l
  • WOMEN’S LOCAL LABOUR MARKETS
  • 2. Integration of women to the local labour markets - Nicola Schwindt and Birgit Pfau-Effinger
  • 3. Urban economic specialization and female participation in the labour market - Roberta Cucca
  • 4. Female Labour Force Participation promoting Social Cohesion - Costanzo Ranci
  • PART II
  • LOCAL WELFARE POLICY MAKING
  • 5. Vertical governance, national regulation and autonomy of local policy making - Marjo Kuronen
  • 6. Local policymaking: the playground of ideas, mindsets, strategies and roles - Dagmar Kutsar, Kairi Kasearu and Avo Trumm
  • 7. Local Political Resistance: how local agencies ignore, defy or alter national and supranational policy agendas - Eva Fodor and Dorottya Redai
  • 8. Centralised governance shaping the local welfare policies in the city of Leeds - Sue Yeandle and Erika Kispeter
  • PART III
  • LOCAL CHILD CARE POLICY MAKING AND SERVICE PROVISION
  • 9. The relationship between local and national childcare policies - Marjo Kuronen, Teppo Kröger, Roberta Cucca, Anna Escobedo Caparrós, Fernando Antón Alonso and Per H Jensen
  • 10. Child care systems in post-socialist countries: comparative cases from Brno, Szekesfehervar and Tartu - Martina Kampichler, Dorottya Redai and Dagmar Kutsar
  • 11. Local childcare policies impacting the labour force participation of women in Dublin - Evelyn Mahon
  • PART IV
  • LOCAL CARE POLICIES AND SYSTEMS FOR OLDER PEOPLE
  • 12. Local elderly care systems in Europe - Patricia Frericks, Ralf Och, Birgit Pfau-Effinger and Nicola Schwindt
  • 13. Local policy making controversies of caring and working - Häli Tarum and Dagmar Kutsar
  • 14. Voluntary organizations and their role in the care for older people - Per H. Jensen
  • 15. CONCLUDING DISCUSSION - Dagmar Kutsar and Marjo Kuronen.

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