Families, Welfare States and Resilience Low-Resource Families Navigating Care, Employment and Welfare in Europe
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Edited by Mary Daly, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, UK<i>‘A compelling exploration of how low-resource families across Europe navigate their lives. The authors interrogate an individualised conception of resilience, emphasizing the essential role of welfare states in supporting families through everyday risk, vulnerability and transitions. A vital contribution to comparative family policy research.’</i>
- Kitty Stewart, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK,
<i>‘The comparative research presented in this book deepens our understanding of how disadvantaged families deal with their multiple constraints and how social policies may function as a resource, but also an additional constraint. This is an important book for researchers, social workers and policy makers.’</i>
- Chiara Saraceno, University of Turin, Italy and Berlin Social Science Center, Germany,
Expert authors comparatively analyse the findings from focus group interviews with over 300 participants in the six countries. The participants came from a variety of backgrounds, including lone parent families, those with heavy care-related demands and those with an immigrant background. The book studies the resilience of families in a variety of low-income situations, identifying how they cope with family and employment transitions and risks and discussing the crucial linkages between care, paid work and income. Ultimately, it critiques welfare state provision from the perspective of family resilience and advocates for policy and practical reform in relation to childcare, labour market, and income and service support.
Students and scholars of social policy, comparative welfare studies and sociology will greatly benefit from this cutting-edge book. It is also a vital resource for policymakers and practitioners working in social and labour policy.