Demographic Implications Of Social Exclusion In Central And Eastern Europe

Author : Pâter Szivâs,Cristina Giudici,Council of Europe. Directorate General III--Social Cohesion
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789287154606

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Demographic Implications of Social Exclusion in Central and Eastern Europe by Pâter Szivâs,Cristina Giudici,Council of Europe. Directorate General III--Social Cohesion Pdf

This publication examines the impact of socio-economic policies on social exclusion of vulnerable groups in central and eastern Europe and identifies types, degrees and common characteristics of social deprivation. It also focuses on developing and evaluating regional statistical indicators of social deprivation and investigates the emergence of new forms of social exclusion. It includes case studies from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Latvia, Hungary and the Russian Federation.

Author : Dragana Avramov,Council of Europe. Directorate General III--Social Cohesion
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9287150958

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People, Demography and Social Exclusion by Dragana Avramov,Council of Europe. Directorate General III--Social Cohesion Pdf

This report examines the demographic factors likely to have an impact on social exclusion and poverty, including the patterns of young adults leaving the parental home; family household dynamics; cohabitation and separation; reproductive behaviour, and morbidity. It is based on the international study into the complex relationship between demography and social exclusion. Issues considered include: concepts, data and methodology; social disadvantage and the elderly, one-person and one-parent households; and groups most at risk, such as children in poverty, immigrants experiencing deprivation, and the homeless.

Author : Dimitŭr Filipov,Jürgen Dorbritz
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287151725

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Demographic Consequences of Economic Transition in Countries of Central and Eastern Europe by Dimitŭr Filipov,Jürgen Dorbritz Pdf

The social, political and economic transformations experienced by the formerly socialist countries of central and eastern Europe since the beginning of the 1990s have resulted in abrupt shifts in demographic trends, whose consequences on nuptiality, fertility, mortality and migration will be significant and irreversible. The present study analyses and offers explanations about this process and compares these developments with the demographic changes that occurred earlier in western Europe. A thorough knowledge of these demographic trends offers an essential tool for social policy makers and researchers and the comparative approach of the study furthers our understanding of the underlying processes taking place in all European countries

Author : Sigrun Kabisch,Annett Steinführer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 1138254436

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Residential Change and Demographic Challenge by Sigrun Kabisch,Annett Steinführer Pdf

Going beyond the assumption that East Central European cities are still 'in transition' this book draws on the postsocialism paradigm to ask new questions about the impact of demographic change on residential developments in this region. Focussing on four second-order cities in this region, it examines Gdansk and Lódz in Poland and Brno and Ostrava in the Czech Republic as examples and deals with the nexus between urban development and demographic change for the context of East Central European cities. It provides a framework for linking urban and demographic research. It discusses how residential areas and urban developments cope with changes in population development, household types and different forms of in- and out-migration and goes on to explore parallels and differences in comparison with broader European patterns. This book will be useful to academics of urban planning and development especially in transition areas, Central and Eastern European studies, demographics and population studies, and sociology/social exclusion.

Author : Kieran Walsh,Thomas Scharf,Sofie Van Regenmortel,Anna Wanka
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030514068

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Social Exclusion in Later Life by Kieran Walsh,Thomas Scharf,Sofie Van Regenmortel,Anna Wanka Pdf

Drawing on interdisciplinary, cross-national perspectives, this open access book contributes to the development of a coherent scientific discourse on social exclusion of older people. The book considers five domains of exclusion (services; economic; social relations; civic and socio-cultural; and community and spatial domains), with three chapters dedicated to analysing different dimensions of each exclusion domain. The book also examines the interrelationships between different forms of exclusion, and how outcomes and processes of different kinds of exclusion can be related to one another. In doing so, major cross-cutting themes, such as rights and identity, inclusive service infrastructures, and displacement of marginalised older adult groups, are considered. Finally, in a series of chapters written by international policy stakeholders and policy researchers, the book analyses key policies relevant to social exclusion and older people, including debates linked to sustainable development, EU policy and social rights, welfare and pensions systems, and planning and development. The book’s approach helps to illuminate the comprehensive multidimensionality of social exclusion, and provides insight into the relative nature of disadvantage in later life. With 77 contributors working across 28 nations, the book presents a forward-looking research agenda for social exclusion amongst older people, and will be an important resource for students, researchers and policy stakeholders working on ageing.

Author : Charlotte Höhn
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287158657

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Demographic Challenges for Social Cohesion by Charlotte Höhn Pdf

Author : Francis Rosensteil
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 1154 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9041118446

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Annuaire Europeen 2000/European Yearbook 2000 by Francis Rosensteil Pdf

The year 2000's most significant international event was, almost certainly, neither political nor military, but scientific - the announcement, in June, that the human genome had been almost totally decoded. Future generations may well see this as a major turning point, opening the way to radical changes in diagnosis, prognosis, and medical treatment. Often compared with the space programme, this vast enterprise still generates misgivings: this new power, which human beings now have, to modify the genetic heritage of living creatures raises fundamentally new ethical questions - and society as a whole will have to find the answers. In fact, the accelerating pace of scientific and technical progress seems to be reviving atavistic anxieties, some rational, others less so. Recent public-health crises, including the mad cow disease' scare, which lasted into 2000, have fuelled these fears. The public's rejection of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) - verging on a crusade in some countries - tells its own story. As regards conflict, 2000 saw the Middle East peace process grind to a halt, and the Intifada resume. In Europe, the situation in Kosovo and Chechnya, both the scenes of fighting in 1999, stayed precarious. Peace and democracy did score some successes, however, particularly in Europe: the centre-left's victory in Croatia, sweeping former President Tudjman's party off the scene, the democratic party's triumph in Bosnia, and the fall of the Milosevic regime in Serbia.

Author : Gerda Jehoel-Gijsbers,Cok Vrooman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1376295275

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Social Exclusion of the Elderly by Gerda Jehoel-Gijsbers,Cok Vrooman Pdf

Combating social exclusion is one of the key objectives of pension systems. This report focuses on social exclusion among the elderly (defined as the 55 age group) in the EU's member states. Social exclusion has been conceptualised as a state of individuals in relation to four dimensions. Two of these dimensions - material deprivation and social rights - are of a structural nature. The other two - social participation and normative integration - pertain to social settings and subcultural factors. Theoretically and empirically, the dimensions refer to one latent underlying social exclusion variable. The original method for measuring social exclusion was devised and tested for the Netherlands, making use of a dedicated dataset. In this study, the measuring instrument has been extended to EU member states, performing secondary analyses of various surveys. These datasets do not contain information about normative integration, but for each of the other three dimensions it has turned out to be possible to construct valid indices at the EU level. Two indices that are more general have been calculated as well: one is a combined index of material deprivation plus social rights and the other is a macro aggregate covering all three dimensions. The outcomes suggest that the elderly in the Nordic countries and the Netherlands are the least excluded, in terms of both the three separate dimensions of social exclusion and the more general indices. The Continental and Anglo-Saxon countries follow close behind. Social exclusion among the elderly is generally higher in the Mediterranean countries. The highest social exclusion scores are to be found in the EU's new member states in Eastern Europe, especially in the Baltic States and Poland. In all EU member states exclusion in terms of social participation increases as people grow older. Material deprivation shows the reverse pattern: in almost all countries, this form of social exclusion decreases with age. With regard to access to social rights - operationalised here in terms of adequate housing and access to medical/dental care - the picture is less straightforward. In nearly all Mediterranean and Eastern European countries, the elderly are more excluded than are the non-elderly in this respect. In the Nordic countries, Germany and the UK, the opposite occurs: access to social rights improves with rising age. In all countries, poor health is an important factor increasing the risk of social exclusion across all dimensions. Household income has a strong effect on material deprivation and access to social rights in most countries. Age and gender cannot be considered serious risk factors for any of the dimensions of social exclusion after the impact of other variables has been controlled for. Multilevel analyses show that only a small part of the country variation in social exclusion (as measured by the combined index) can be attributed to differences in the composition of the population in connection with health, education level, age and gender. A larger part is related to country differences in household incomes. A further (albeit rather small) part has to do with specific traits at the country level. Elderly persons are less excluded if countries attain a higher level of national wealth, spend more on social protection, show less income inequality and generate higher life expectancy. Diverging institutional arrangements - as defined by a classification of countries by their social security and pension regimes - also explain some of the variation in social exclusion. After controlling for the impact of income inequality, however, this effect largely disappears. This result suggests that such regime types mainly influence social exclusion indirectly, through their effects on income inequality. The latter is the country trait with the highest unique contribution to social exclusion of the elderly in the EU.

Author : Dimitŭr Filipov,Jürgen Dorbritz
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789287151728

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Demographic Consequences of Economic Transition in Countries of Central and Eastern Europe by Dimitŭr Filipov,Jürgen Dorbritz Pdf

The social, political and economic transformations experienced by the formerly socialist countries of central and eastern Europe since the beginning of the 1990s have resulted in abrupt shifts in demographic trends, whose consequences on nuptiality, fertility, mortality and migration will be significant and irreversible. The present study analyses and offers explanations about this process and compares these developments with the demographic changes that occurred earlier in western Europe. A thorough knowledge of these demographic trends offers an essential tool for social policy makers and researchers and the comparative approach of the study furthers our understanding of the underlying processes taking place in all European countries

Author : Helene Carlbäck,Yulia Gradskova,Zhanna Kravchenko
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9786155053597

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And They Lived Happily Ever After by Helene Carlbäck,Yulia Gradskova,Zhanna Kravchenko Pdf

Takes a comparative perspective on family life and childhood in the past half century in Russia and Eastern Europe, highlighting similarities and differences. Focuses on the problematic domains of the institutions and laws devised to cope with family difficulties, and discusses the social strains created by the transition from communist to post-communist national systems. In addition to the substantial historic analysis, actual challenges are also discussed. The essays examine the changing gender roles, alterations in legal systems, the burdens faced by married and unmarried women who are mothers, the contrasts between government rhteoric and the implementation of policies toward marriage, children and parenthood. By addressing the specifics of welfare politics under the Communist rule and the directions of their transformation in 1990–2000s, this book contributes to the understanding of social institutions and family policies in these countries and the problems of dealing with the socialist past that this region face.

Author : R. Schoenmaeckers,Irena Kotowska,Council of Europe. Directorate General III--Social Cohesion
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789287159014

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Population Ageing and Its Challenges to Social Policy by R. Schoenmaeckers,Irena Kotowska,Council of Europe. Directorate General III--Social Cohesion Pdf

This publication examines the demographic challenges posed by population ageing trends and the policy implications in relation to health, employment, public expenditure and social relationships. It contains two reports prepared for the European Population Conference, held in Strasbourg in April 2005.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : European Union countries
ISBN : UVA:X004854880

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Joint Report on Social Inclusion by Anonim Pdf

This report contains the second generation of National Action Plans against poverty and social exclusion which have been prepared by the Member States and constitute a strong political acknowledgement, three years after the Lisbon Summit, of the continuing challenge to ensure social inclusion across the European Union.

Author : Arno Heimgartner
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Communities
ISBN : 382588984X

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Face of Research on European Social Development by Arno Heimgartner Pdf

Author : Marge Unt,Michael Gebel,Sonia Bertolini,Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzi,Dirk Hofäcker
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781447358732

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Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe by Marge Unt,Michael Gebel,Sonia Bertolini,Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzi,Dirk Hofäcker Pdf

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Policymakers throughout Europe are enacting policies to support youth labour market integration. However, many young people continue to face unemployment, job insecurity, and the subsequent consequences.Adopting a mixed-method and multilevel perspective, this book provides a comprehensive investigation into the multifaceted consequences of social exclusion. Drawing on rich pan-European comparative and quantitative data, and interviews with young people from across Europe, this text gives a platform to the unheard voices of young people.Contributors derive crucial new policy recommendations and offer fresh insights into areas including youth well-being, health, poverty, leaving the parental home, and qualifying for social security.

Author : Laurence Roulleau-Berger,Peilin LI
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004211742

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European and Chinese Sociologies by Laurence Roulleau-Berger,Peilin LI Pdf

Sociology is involved in a process of internationalisation. The rapid devlopment of China has provided the “China's experience” and the production of a new sociology. In this book a new dialogue between European and Chinese sociologists is opening up new horizons for Western thought.