Brief notes on the meanings, roles and positions of the various professional titles that come under the umbrella 'travailleur social/sociale' title in France.
Brief notes on the meanings, roles and positions of the various professional titles that come under the umbrella 'travailleur social/sociale' title in France.
This article aims to portray Western European families amid structural and cultural change. Previous literature on family ties in Western Europe has characterised the centre and north of Europe by weak family links and the Mediterranean by strong family ties. This article challenges this view and addresses the variability in intergenerational family solidarity within and across countries. Using multiple dimensions of intergenerational solidarity drawn from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, the study develops a typology of late-life families across 11 European countries. The 4 types are: descending familialism (living nearby, frequent contact, endorsement of family obligation norms, and primarily help in kind from parents to children); ascending familialism (living nearby,
This article aims to portray Western European families amid structural and cultural change. Previous literature on family ties in Western Europe has characterised the centre and north of Europe by weak family links and the Mediterranean by strong family ties. This article challenges this view and addresses the variability in intergenerational family solidarity within and across countries. Using multiple dimensions of intergenerational solidarity drawn from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, the study develops a typology of late-life families across 11 European countries. The 4 types are: descending familialism (living nearby, frequent contact, endorsement of family obligation norms, and primarily help in kind from parents to children); ascending familialism (living nearby, frequent contact, endorsement of family obligation norms, and primarily help in kind from children to parents); supportive-at-distance (not living nearby, frequent contact, refutation of family obligation norms, and primarily financial transfers from parents to adult children); and autonomous (not living nearby, little contact, refutation of family obligation norms, and few support exchanges). The 4 types are common in each European country, though the distributions differ. The findings suggest that the idea that a particular country can be characterised by a single dominant type of late-life family should be abandoned.
Subject terms:
intergenerational relationships, families, family relations;
Ageing and Society, 25(6), November 2005, pp.863-882.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
... was found. The results support the hypothesis of ‘mixed responsibility’, and suggest that in societies with well-developed service infrastructures, help from families and welfare state services act accumulatively, but that in familistic welfare regimes, similar combinations do not occur.
This paper discusses the informal and formal provision of help and support to older people from a comparative welfare state perspective, with particular reference to the relationships between inter-generational family help and welfare state support. While the ‘substitution’ hypothesis states that the generous provision of welfare state services in support of older people ‘crowds out’ family help, the ‘encouragement’ hypothesis predicts a stimulation of family help, and the ‘mixed responsibility’ hypothesis predicts a combination of family and formal help and support. The paper reports findings from the Old Age and Autonomy: The Role of Service Systems and Inter-generational Family Solidarity (OASIS) research project. This created a unique age-stratified sample of 6,106 people aged 25–102 years from the urban populations of Norway, England, Germany, Spain and Israel. The analyses show that the total quantity of help received by older people is greater in welfare states with a strong infrastructure of formal services. Moreover, when measures of the social structure, support preferences and familial opportunity structures were controlled, no evidence of a substantial ‘crowding out’ of family help was found. The results support the hypothesis of ‘mixed responsibility’, and suggest that in societies with well-developed service infrastructures, help from families and welfare state services act accumulatively, but that in familistic welfare regimes, similar combinations do not occur.
Subject terms:
informal care, welfare state, comparative studies, families;
Child and Family Law Quarterly, 13(1), 2001, pp.35-49.
Publisher:
Jordan Publishing
Outlines and examines the emerging role of the EU in the regulation of families and development of family laws. The purpose is to encourage and facilitate a debate among scholars of national family laws about the reach, propriety and future of an EU family law. The concern is that an EU family law may be developed with little reference to the wealth of understanding developed in studies
Outlines and examines the emerging role of the EU in the regulation of families and development of family laws. The purpose is to encourage and facilitate a debate among scholars of national family laws about the reach, propriety and future of an EU family law. The concern is that an EU family law may be developed with little reference to the wealth of understanding developed in studies of national family laws and without the scrutiny of experts in the field of family law.
Family policy in Denmark centres on the principle that families are the core of a child's upbringing, and children's living conditions are mainly the responsibility of parents. Prevention is also a key word in Danish family policy. Looks at how Denmark puts their principles into practice.
Family policy in Denmark centres on the principle that families are the core of a child's upbringing, and children's living conditions are mainly the responsibility of parents. Prevention is also a key word in Danish family policy. Looks at how Denmark puts their principles into practice.
Subject terms:
policy, social care provision, children, families;
Recently the European Commission has awarded the Social Policy Research Unit of the University of York a contract to co-ordinate the European Observatory on National Family Policies. Describes the research which is under way to inform future policy.
Recently the European Commission has awarded the Social Policy Research Unit of the University of York a contract to co-ordinate the European Observatory on National Family Policies. Describes the research which is under way to inform future policy.
Report from a symposium which brought together 35 experts from 8 European countries, including people directly affected by HIV. The aim of the symposium was to share experience in the management of services to families and children affected by HIV and to identify areas where further developments were needed.
Report from a symposium which brought together 35 experts from 8 European countries, including people directly affected by HIV. The aim of the symposium was to share experience in the management of services to families and children affected by HIV and to identify areas where further developments were needed.
Subject terms:
HIV AIDS, social care provision, children, families;
The author uses family centres as a case study in policy making and implementation and argues that pressure from voluntary organisations, the social work profession and political parties has produced policy with contradictory strands. Goes on to suggest how effective, clear and user centred social practice can be promoted. Compares different models of parental involvement in family centres and discusses the implications for women. Also compares family and child care policies with other countries, including France, and in the European Community as a whole.
The author uses family centres as a case study in policy making and implementation and argues that pressure from voluntary organisations, the social work profession and political parties has produced policy with contradictory strands. Goes on to suggest how effective, clear and user centred social practice can be promoted. Compares different models of parental involvement in family centres and discusses the implications for women. Also compares family and child care policies with other countries, including France, and in the European Community as a whole.
British Journal of Social Work, 22(2), 1992, pp.147-166.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Reviews twentieth century attitudes, policies and practice in working with families with serious problems and argues that interactions were based on an amalgam of rational and fictional elements in the underlying theories.
Reviews twentieth century attitudes, policies and practice in working with families with serious problems and argues that interactions were based on an amalgam of rational and fictional elements in the underlying theories.