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Welfare state regimes and reforms: a classification of ten European countries between 1990 and 2006
- Author:
- ARCANJO Manuela
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 10(2), April 2011, pp.138-150.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Since the beginning of the 1990s, most European countries have introduced wide-reaching social changes. These include eligibility, entitlement, benefits structures and in the sources of financing. In this article, the author suggests that a consequence of those reforms may have been a repositioning of some countries in the welfare clusters. To test this hypothesis, the two bi-dimensional classifications of Bonoli (1997) and Kautto (2002) are applied to ten countries which represent the different welfare regimes. Using this analysis, the findings suggest an interesting repositioning of some countries. These include Portugal, the UK and Sweden, and are highly suggestive of evidence of wide-reaching social welfare state reforms.
Child care in the EC: a country-specific guide to foster and residential care
- Editors:
- COLTON M.J., HELLINCKX W.
- Publisher:
- Arena/Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 267p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Systematic description of policy, practice and research in residential child care and foster care in each of the EC member states.
Comparing unemployment protection and social assistance in 14 European countries. Four worlds of protection for people of working age
- Author:
- PFEIFER Michaela
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 21(1), January 2012, pp.13-25.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Unemployment is a major source of income insecurity. This can be particularly important in times of economic downturn, as large parts of the population are at greater risk of unemployment. This article investigated which policy responses 14 Western European countries have adopted to deal with rising unemployment levels and increased need for benefits during working age. Both components of unemployment benefits (UB), unemployment insurance and unemployment assistance, were taken into account in a social rights indicator that depicts the legal entitlements of the unemployed. In total, there were eight indicators of both UB and social assistance representing expenditure, generosity, problem pressure and benefit entitlements. There were four ways of protecting the working-aged: an extensive safety nets type operating well with functioning labour markets; a liberal protection type dealing with low levels of unemployment; a targeted protection type combined with an insider–outsider divide on the labour market; and a patchy safety nets type facing high unemployment levels.
Networking in Europe: a guide to European voluntary organisations
- Author:
- HARVEY Brian
- Publisher:
- National Council for Voluntary Organisations
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 337p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Gives detailed guidance on how to contact voluntary organisations in other parts of Europe. Describes the many networks which have grown up in recent years and shows how they work with the European Union, Council of Europe and United Nations. Includes accounts of the voluntary sector in each of the EU countries, highlighting key organisations in each field. Provides information on European programmes providing opportunities to influence policy. Also includes a section on information on Europe and how to get hold of it.
Some reflections on social development in Europe: a contribution to the UN social summit
- Editors:
- RASMUSSEN H.C., PIJL Marja A.
- Publisher:
- International Council on Social Welfare. European Region
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 110p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Stockholm
Experts from 10 European countries give their personal views about how problems of poverty, unemployment and social exclusion are being dealt with in their own countries. Concludes with an article looking at the future of social development in Europe, and making recommendations.
Social Europe: second report on the application of the Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers; supplement 1/93
- Authors:
- EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMISSION. Directorate-General for Employment, Industrial Relations and Social Affairs
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 216p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Part 1 contains an overview, part 2 looks at the application of the Charter in the individual member states, part 3 contains the questionnaire used to obtain data; and part 4 tables the adoption and progress of the initiatives.
Campaigns against intimate partner violence toward women in Portugal: types of prevention and target audiences
- Authors:
- MARTIN Florentino Moreno, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 29(7), 2020, pp.876-895.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Understanding the objectives and groups targeted by previous campaigns to prevent intimate partner violence will prove useful in developing future such efforts. This study examines the types of prevention and audiences of Portuguese poster campaigns against Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) toward women, comparing governmental and nongovernmental organizations and observing how objectives evolved between 2000 and 2011. These comparisons were made through inductive and deductive content analysis of 74 posters – received after contacting 1,097 institutions – using standardized residual analysis from the chi-square test. Results indicated tertiary prevention as the main aim and the general population as the main target audience. Differences in these regards were found between public and private organizations, and campaigns were found to have changed over the years, mainly concerning target audiences. This study provides an overview of the directions of the campaigns against IPV over 11 years; these emphasized the urgency of informing abused or at-risk women about resources available in the community and strategies for getting help, and they sought to alert the general population that IPV is a public crime that everyone has a responsibility to combat. (Publisher abstract)
Social work and intervention with older people in Portugal: a critical point of view
- Author:
- CARVALHO Maria Irene
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 17(3), 2014, pp.336-352.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Even before ageing became a challenge to society, it already was for social work professionals. What interested the social work professionals were the older people who accumulated low incomes, poverty, loneliness, isolation, disease and several outbuildings. The increasing number of older and much older people reconfigured the intervention of professionals in this area. This intervention is in accordance with the policies of the welfare state, based on the rights and human dignity and a paradigm of social development oriented to social cohesion. The professionals are now responsible for older people policies in social and health care areas. The article includes an analysis of the relationship between social work, ageing and policies for older people and some exploratory results obtained through the analysis of relevant documents that allowed us to characterise the field of social work intervention with older people in the social security system and field of social action. This integrated analysis in a context of economic crisis takes a critical perspective on the impacts of reconfiguration policies for the older people and social work in those days. (Publisher abstract)
Active inclusion of young people with disabilities or health problems
- Author:
- EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- Publisher:
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 132p.
- Place of publication:
- Dublin
Young people with disabilities or health problems face particular difficulties in accessing employment. Active inclusion policy is seen as the most appropriate policy instrument for combating the exclusion of these young people from the labour market. This study examines the implementation of active inclusion policy at national level in 11 EU Member States (Denmark, Finland, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Portugal and Slovakia). The study reviews policy in these countries and compiles information from 44 case studies of good practice among diverse and innovative service providers. There is a new trend indicating a significant increase in the take up of benefits among young people. The research shows that the reason for the increase has been predominantly various mental health problems. Research also indicates that debt is a much stronger risk factor for mental disorder than low income. Additionally, current employment patterns with long hours and more intense work are not conducive for people with health problems. There is also an issue of special education as it seems that in many countries people with health problems move directly from special education into incapacity schemes. To identify effective strategies to tackle this trend, there is clear need to understand the reasons. The study concludes that policy and practice need to focus more keenly on these young people, to learn from available evidence, and to take a more joined-up approach to service delivery.
Analysis of the national Roma integration strategies
- Authors:
- KAMMERER Sophie, PFOHMAN Shannon
- Publisher:
- European Roma Policy Coalition
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 66p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
Under the new European Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, EU Member States were required to submit strategies on Roma inclusion to the European Commission (EC) by the end of December 2011. In a first step, the European Roma Policy Coalition (ERPC) carried out desk screening assessments of the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS) submitted by the governments of Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Wales, as well as the Czech Republic’s Roma Integration Concept for 2010 to 2013. In a second step, the ERPC gathered the views of Roma and Traveller organisations and civil society on the processes that led to the design of the NRIS in the different Member States. This report is divided into three main parts. The first part is based on an analysis of ERPC reviewers on the NRIS for the different Member States that submitted a strategy. The second part reflects an analysis of survey results on various stakeholders’ perspectives of the NRIS. The third part reflects the lessons learnt and the recommendations.