Work, family policies and transitions to adulthood in Europe [electronic resource] /
Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe.
Knijn, T.editor.
This book analyzes how the current generation of young adults enters the labour market and tries to create their own autonomous household, with or without children, exploring questions such as what does it mean to be a young adult in Europe today and what social policies help them to combine work and family life?
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Funding; Part I Social Risks and Policy Paradigms in the EU and Member States; 1 New Social Risks for Young Adults: A Conceptual Framework; 2 Three Policy Paradigms and EU Policies on Young Adults; 3 European Union and Member States' Youth Policy Agendas; Part II How to Get In? Cross-National Analyses of Policies for and Practices of Young Adults; 4 Normative and Institutional Frameworks for Family Formation; 5 Family Change in Europe from a Transition-to-Adulthood Perspective
6 Young Adults Navigating European Labour Markets: Old and New Social Risks and Employment Policies7 Young Adults, Poverty and the Role of Social Policies; 8 Public Support to Young Families in the European Union; 9 Conclusions: Transitions to Adulthood, Social Policies and New Social Risks for Young Adults; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book analyzes how the current generation of young adults enters the labour market and tries to create their own autonomous household, with or without children, exploring questions such as what does it mean to be a young adult in Europe today and what social policies help them to combine work and family life?
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Social policy.
Welfare state.
Economic sociology.
Social groups.
Family.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Social Policy.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Children, Youth and Family Policy.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.