Social Vulnerability in Europe

The New Configuration of Social Risks

• Author(s): Costanzo Ranci,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 299
• ISBN_10: 0230245773
  ISBN_13: 9780230245778
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Political Science / Public Policy / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / General , Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare ,

Description:... This book explores the dimensions and characteristics of social vulnerability in Western Europe. It provides a broad empirical foundation for recent theories on the emergence of new social risks in post-industrial societies, revealing to what extent social risks are compromising the 'normal' functioning of the European population.