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Work, Family Policies and Transitions to Adulthood in Europe

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Trudie Knijn

    1. Utrecht University, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Work and Welfare in Europe (RECOWE)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Social Risks and Policy Paradigms in the EU and Member States

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. New Social Risks for Young Adults

      • Trudie Knijn
      Pages 3-16

    3. Three Policy Paradigms and EU Policies on Young Adults

      • Trudie Knijn
      Pages 17-38

    4. European Union and Member States’ Youth Policy Agendas

      • Trudie Knijn, Mark Smith
      Pages 39-74

  3. How to Get In? Cross-National Analyses of Policies for and Practices of Young Adults in EU Member States

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Normative and Institutional Frameworks for Family Formation

      • Sonja Drobnič, Trudie Knijn
      Pages 77-101

    3. Family Change in Europe from a Transition-to-Adulthood Perspective

      • Irena E. Kotowska
      Pages 102-129

    4. Young Adults Navigating European Labour Markets

      • Colette Fagan, Aleksandra Kanjuo-Mrčela, Helen Norman
      Pages 130-154

    5. Young Adults, Poverty and the Role of Social Policies

      • Ana M. Guillén, Emmanuele Pavolini
      Pages 155-179

    6. Public Support to Young Families in the European Union

      • Janneke Plantenga, Chantal Remery, Judit Takács
      Pages 180-201

    7. Conclusions: Transitions to Adulthood, Social Policies and New Social Risks for Young Adults

      • Trudie Knijn, Janneke Plantenga
      Pages 202-215

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 216-240
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This book analyzes how the current generation of young adults enters the labour market and tries to create their own autonomous household, with or without children, exploring questions such as what does it mean to be a young adult in Europe today and what social policies help them to combine work and family life?

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  • Utrecht University, The Netherlands

    Trudie Knijn

About the editor

SONJA DROBNIC Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Sociology, University of Hamburg, Germany COLETTE FAGAN Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK ANA M. GUILLEN Full professor of Sociology at the University of Oviedo, Spain ALEKSANDRA KANJUO MRCELA Associate Professor of Sociology of Work and Economic Sociology and a Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia IRENA E. KOTOWSKA Professor of Demography and Head of the Demography Unit at the Institute of Statistics and Demography, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland HELEN NORMAN Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK EMMANUELE PAVOLINI Associate Professor of Economic Sociology and Social Policy at Macerata University, Italy JANNEKE PLANTENGA Professor of Economics at the Utrecht University School of Economics, The Netherlands CHANTAL REMERY Assistant Professor at Utrecht University School of Economics, The Netherlands MARK SMITH Associate Professor of Human Resource Management at Grenoble Ecole de Management, France JUDIT TAKACS works as the Scientific Deputy Director at the Institute of Sociology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

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