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Social Vulnerability in Europe

The New Configuration of Social Risks

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  • © 2010

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  1. Costanzo Ranci

    1. Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Concepts and Methodology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Social Vulnerability in Europe

      • Costanzo Ranci
      Pages 3-24

    3. Bringing Territory Back in Social Comparative Research

      • Costanzo Ranci
      Pages 25-34

  3. Aspects of Social Vulnerability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. Beyond the Male Breadwinner Family Model

      • Emmanuele Pavolini, Costanzo Ranci
      Pages 37-57

    3. Income Vulnerability in Europe

      • Salvatore Curatolo, Guglielmo Wolleb
      Pages 58-87

    4. Unstable Employment in Western Europe: Exploring the Individual and Household Dimensions

      • Ivana Fellini, Mauro Migliavacca
      Pages 88-125

    5. Housing Deprivation and Vulnerability in Western Europe

      • Pietro Palvarini, Emmanuele Pavolini
      Pages 126-158

    6. Disability and Caregiving: A Step Toward Social Vulnerability?

      • Giuliana Costa, Costanzo Ranci
      Pages 159-185

  4. Multidimensional Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. The Vulnerability of Young Adults on Leaving the Parental Home

      • Giuseppe A. Micheli, Alessandro Rosina
      Pages 189-218

    3. Social Vulnerability: A Multidimensional Analysis

      • Costanzo Ranci, Mauro Migliavacca
      Pages 219-249

    4. Explaining Social Vulnerability

      • Costanzo Ranci, Brunella Fiore, Emmanuele Pavolini
      Pages 250-278

    5. General Conclusions

      • Costanzo Ranci
      Pages 279-282

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 283-299
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This book explores the dimensions and characteristics of social vulnerability in Western Europe. It provides a broad empirical foundation for recent theories on the emergence of new social risks in post-industrial societies, revealing to what extent social risks are compromising the 'normal' functioning of the European population.  

Editors and Affiliations

  • Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

    Costanzo Ranci

About the editor

GIULIANA COSTA is Assistant Professor in Sociology at the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy SALVATORE CURATOLO is Assistant Professor in Applied Economics at the University of Parma, Italy IVANA FELLINI is Assistant Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy BRUNELLA FIORE is Research Fellow at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy GIUSEPPE A. MICHELI is Professor of Demography at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy MAURO MIGLIAVACCA teaches and researches at the Catholic University of Milan, at the Polytechnic of Milan and at the Ca' Foscari University in Venice, Italy PIETRO PALVARINI is Ph.D. candidate in Urban and Local European Studies (URBEUR) at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy EMMANUELE PAVOLINI is Professor in Economic Sociology and Social Policy at University of Macerata, Italy COSTANZO RANCI is Professor in Economic Sociology and Director of the Social Policy Research Laboratory at the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy ALESSANDRO ROSINA is Associate Professor in Demography at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy GUGLIELMO WOLLEB is Professor of Economics at the University of Parma, Italy

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