Full Description
This volume is the first of its kind to discuss social welfare issues using case studies from a broad range of Southern European countries, both large and small, a decade after the financial crisis. It identifies similarities and differences in the ways in which Southern European countries engage with specific welfare issues and examines whether Southern European welfare is distinct from that of the rest of the continent. The book also engages with the impact of COVID-19 on the social welfare issues under investigation. The volume is divided into four sections, each examining in detail issues including employment, education, health, sexuality, globalization, social movements and migration.
With its contributions from experts in the field, the volume is recommended for academics, researchers and students of sociology, social policy, economics, education, politics and social movements.
Chapters 1 and 5 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Contents
List of tables and figures
The Editors and Contributors
Foreword: Global Crises and Social Policy Change
Daniel Béland
1 Introduction
Introducing Social Welfare Issues in Southern Europe
Michael Briguglio and Maria Brown
Part I Welfare States in Southern Europe
The welfare state under pressure: The case of Greece
Mark Baimbridge and Dzheren Khadzhieva
Social governance in Southern European EU Member States
Lino Briguglio
Part II Employment and Education
The activation of employment policy in Southern Europe: The case of Portugal and the translation of external pressures into policies and processes
Carla Valadas
Pertinent issues in education in Southern Europe: Rhythms of life, environmental sustainability and migration
Peter Mayo, Maria Brown and Michael Briguglio
Territories of (In)Justice: Labour justice in Southern Europe
Luca Verzelloni
Part III Health and Sexuality
The impact of austerity policies on health systems in Southern Europe
Marina Karanikolos, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Walter Ricciardi and Martin McKee
Sun, sea and sex: A comparative study of sexuality education policies in Southern Europe
Joanne Cassar
Reproductive politics: Policy responses to teenage pregnancy and motherhood Andreana Dibben
Part IV Globalization, Social Movements and Migration
Social Movement Impacts on Public Awareness of a Commons-based Democracy: Technopolitical Approaches of Portuguese and Spanish Recent Global Social Movements
Jesús Sabariego
Saving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea: Interaction between States and Non-Governmental Organizations
Michael Briguglio and Maria Brown
