Providing an in-depth analysis of the economic well-being of the elderly across five European countries - UK, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia - this book offers an assessment of the performance of national social security systems in terms of income provision for the elderly. Each country analysis strictly adheres to a common methodological framework. This enables meaningful cross-country comparisons, revealing important common developments in the economic well-being of the elderly in...

Research into minimum income standards and reference budgets around the world is compared in this illuminating collection from leading academics in the field.From countries with long established research traditions to places where it is relatively new, contributors set out the different aims and objectives of investigations into the minimum needs and requirements of populations, and the historical contexts, theoretical frameworks and methodological issues that lie behind each appro...

Fatherhood is in transition and being challenged by often contradictory forces: societal mandates to be both an active father and provider, men’s own wish to be more involved with their children, and the institutional arrangements in which fathers work and live. This book explores these phenomena in the context of cross-national policies and their relation to the daily childcare practices of fathers. It presents the current state of knowledge on father involvement with young children in si...

Knjiga obravnava odnos med plačanim delom in družino z vidika socialnih odnosov med moškimi in ženskami ter njihovih spremenjenih vlog na različnih področjih življenja. Problemi zaradi usklajevanja delovnih in družinskih obveznosti in tudi nekatera tveganja na trgu delovne sile se kopičijo predvsem pri mladih, rešiti pa jih je mogoče zgolj z dialogom vseh, ki sprejmejo skrb za uravnoteženo življenje kot sestavni del strateških načrtov, ki vodijo do družbene in podjetniške uspešnosti.