Social Capital and Health Inequality in European Welfare States [electronic resource] /
Rostila, M.author.
Drawing on cross-national European data from the European Social Survey as well as Swedish national survey data and registers, this book investigates social capital in relation to health and health inequalities in European welfare states.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The health concept; 1.2 Health inequalities; 1.3 Social capital and health inequalities; 1.4 The welfare concept; 1.5 Welfare regimes; 1.6 Overview of the book; 2 Theoretical Foundations of Social Capital in Health Research; 2.1 Theoretical definitions of social capital; 2.2 Classifications of social capital; 2.3 Social capital theory in health research; 2.4 Towards a definition of social capital in health research; 2.5 The contribution of a resource-based theory of social capital for health research; 2.6 Conclusions
3 Social Capital and Welfare: Do Universal Welfare States "Crowd Out" or Stimulate Social Capital?3.1 The welfare state and informal social contacts; 3.2 The welfare state and formal social contacts; 3.3 The welfare state and social trust; 3.4 The welfare state and social resources; 3.5 Conclusions; 4 Social Capital and Health: Mechanisms and Empirical Findings; 4.1 Individual social capital and health; 4.2 Collective social capital and health; 4.3 Social capital as a health-promoting feature of welfare states; 4.4 The dark sides of social capital in relation to health
4.5 Some examples of previous studies on individual and collective social capital and health4.6 Social capital and health in European welfare states: Ecological associations; 4.7 Conclusions; 5 Health Inequalities by Education in European Welfare Regimes: The Contribution of Individual Social Capital; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Data and methods; 5.3 Results; 5.4 Conclusions; 6 Health Inequalities Between European Welfare Regimes: The Contribution of Collective Social Capital; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Data and methods; 6.3 Results; 6.4 Conclusions
7 Social Capital and Health Inequality in the Social-Democratic Swedish Welfare State7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Data and methods ; 7.3 Results; 7.4 Conclusions; 8 The Dark Sides of Social Capital: Homophily and Closure of Immigrants' Social Networks in the Swedish Welfare State; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Data and methods; 8.3 Results; 8.4 Conclusions; 9 Concluding Discussion; 9.1 Welfare states and social capital; 9.2 Social capital and health in European welfare states; 9.3 Social capital and health inequality in European welfare states; 9.4 The downsides of social capital in relation to health
9.5 Policy implications9.6 Concluding remarks; Appendix 1: Methodological Concerns and Limitations; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on cross-national European data from the European Social Survey as well as Swedish national survey data and registers, this book investigates social capital in relation to health and health inequalities in European welfare states.
Social policy.
Welfare state.
Political sociology.
Public administration.
Social service .
Political science.
Social Policy.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Political Sociology.
Public Administration.
Social Care.
Political Science.