Full Description
The purpose of the edited collection Families in Economically Hard Times: Experiences and Coping Strategies in Europe is to provide readers with unique sociological knowledge on European families' experiences and behavioural strategies a decade after economic crisis of the 21st century.
The particular importance of the topic is conditioned by the reality the last economic crisis created. This new reality has diverted from the previous; and as new phenomena emerge new coping strategies must also be created, as the old may not necessarily work. Hardships, functional solidarity, and issues of vital human needs - including practices of co-residence, sharing of money, food acquisition - have been explored in Families in Economically Hard Times: Experiences and Coping Strategies in Europe.
Prominent scholars from Europe have joined efforts and, based on their latest researches, seek to answer the question: how challenges emerged during recent economically hard times influenced way of life of European families? The scholars of this book have used quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to create a varied and all rounded approach to answering this very question.
Contents
Introduction; Vida Česnuitytė, & Gerardo Meil Part I. Economic Hardships Experienced By Families
Chapter 1. What Are The Family Characteristics That Better Help To Cope With The Economic Crisis? Evidence From A Large Population Survey In Italy; Sara Mazzucchelli, & Miriam Parise
Chapter 2. Social Inequality And Intergenerational Solidarity In European Welfare States; Ronny König, Bettina Isengard, & Marc Szydlik
Chapter 3. The Influence Of Children On Inequality In Employment Between
Men And Women: The Case Of Spain; Diego Dueñas Fernández, & Almudena Moreno Mínguez
Chapter 4. Material Deprivation And Personal Wellbeing Of Single Mothers In Lithuania; Aušra Maslauskaitė, & Ernesta Platukytė
Part II. Families' Strategies Against Economic Hardships
Chapter 5. Expectations And Reality Of Support Sharing Within Personal
Networks In Economically Hard Time: The Case Of Lithuania; Vida Česnuitytė, & Eric D. Widmer
Chapter 6. Deprivation And Transfers Between Three Generations: A Regional
Analysis Across Europe; Christian Deindl, & Martina Brandt
Chapter 7. Here To Stay? Intergenerational Spatial Proximity In Europe; Bettina Isengard, Ronny König, & Marc Szydlik
Chapter 8. Below The Breadline: Families And Food In Austerity Britain; Rebecca O'Connell, Abigail Knight, & Julia Brannen
Chapter 9. Mothering And Food Acquisition In Times Of Austerity: Individual
Versus Collaborative Responses In The UK And Italy; Benedetta Cappellini, Vicki Harman, Alessandra Marilli, & Elizabeth Parsons
Conclusions: Lives Of Families In Face Of Economic Crisis In Europe; Gerardo Meil, & Vida Česnuitytė
