| Biography and Social Exclusion in Europe: Experiences and Life Journeys Contributor(s): Chamberlayne, Prue (Editor), Rustin, Michael (Editor), Wengraf, Tom (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1861343094 ISBN-13: 9781861343093 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: Based on 250 life-story interviews in seven EU countries (France, Britain, Spain, Germany, Greece, Sweden and Italy), this book analyzes personal struggles against social exclusion and highlights how they are affected by changing welfare regimes. It emphasizes the ethnic, gender, generation and class implications of economic and social deregulation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Dewey: 305.560 |
| LCCN: 2003464809 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.09 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on 250 life-story interviews in seven European Union countries, Biography and social exclusion in Europe: analyses personal struggles against social exclusion to illuminate local milieus and changing welfare regimes and contexts; points to challenging new agendas for European politics and welfare, beyond the rhetoric of communitarianism and the New Deal; vividly illustrates the lived experience and environmental complexity working for and against structural processes of social exclusion; refashions the interpretive tradition as a teaching and research tool linking macro and micro realities. - - Students, academic teachers and professional trainers, practitioners, politicians, policy makers and researchers in applied and comparative welfare fields will all benefit from reading this book. |