This collection sets out the latest research on the concept of ‘social quality’, developing its theoretical foundations and applying it to pressing policy issues such as the future of the European Union and sustainable global development.
Table of Content
Foreword List of Tables and Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction; L.van der Maesen & A.Walker European and Global Challenges; L.van der Maesen & A.Walker Theoretical Foundations; W.Beck, L.van der Maesen & A.Walker Conceptual Location of Social Quality; P.Herrmann, L.van der Maesen & A.Walker Social Quality Indicators; P.Herrmann, L.van der Maesen & A.Walker Socio-Economic Security; D.Gordon Social Cohesion; Y.Berman & D.Phillips Social Inclusion; A.Walker & C.Walker Social Empowerment; P.Herrmann The Functions of Social Quality Indicators; L.van der Maesen Social Quality and Sustainability; L.van der Maesen & A.Walker References Index
About the author
WOLFGANG BECK Advisor to the European Foundation on Social Quality, The Hague, the Netherlands YITZAK BERMAN was a Research Associate at the European Centre in Vienna, Austria, and is now retired DAVE GORDON Professor of Social Policy at the University of Bristol, UK PETER HERRMAN Lecturer in the School of Applied Studies, University College, Cork, Ireland DAVID PHILIPS previously Reader in Social Policy, is an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK CAROL WALKER Professor of Social Policy at the University of Lincoln, UK