Local Welfare Policy Making in European Cities

11.05.2015

Englisch

Englisch

9783319161624

Springer International Publishing

Social Indicators Research Series

Nein

221

Gebundene Ausgabe

Dagmar Kutsar, PhD., is an Associate Professor of Social Policy at the University of Tartu in Estonia. Her research interests are around family, childhood and welfare research and policies. She has been a partner in several international research projects such as EU 6FP PROFIT, IPROSEC, NoE EQUALSOC, EU FP7 FLOWS and others. She has been a member of a Standing Committee of Social Sciences of the European Science Foundation, member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the National Associations Council of the European Sociological Association and Expert of the EU 7FP Youth Social Inclusion Cluster at the European Commission. She has co-edited a book by Routledge ‘Internationalisation of Social Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe. The ‘Catching Up’ – A Myth or a Strategy?’ in 2010. Marjo Kuronen received her PhD at the University of Stirling, Scotland, UK in 1999. She is professor in social work at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, adjunct professor at the University of Tampere,Finland and visiting professor at the University of Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Her research interests combine family research, feminist research and social work research. She has studied e.g. the relationships between women, family and the welfare state and gender division in parenting. She has recently been involved in two EC FP7 funded projects, FAMILYPLATFORM (2009–10) and FLOWS (2010–14) and a Finnish Academy funded project on Children’s Emotional Security in Multiple Family Relations (2011–14).

Local Child Care Policy, Local care policies and systems for older people, Local elderly care systems in Europe, Women's Local Labour Markets, care for older people, comparative welfare research, local welfare policies in the city of Leeds, local welfare policy making, role of families in providing care for children and old people., the national welfare systems and policies, welfare policy research, women’s labour market integration

MBNH - Persönliche Gesundheit und Gesundheitswesen / Gesundheitserziehung JKS - Sozialwesen und soziale Dienste JPR - Kommunal-, Regional- Landes und Lokalregierung

235 mm

15.5 cm