Social Vulnerability in Europe

Part I. Concepts and Methodology

1. Social Vulnerability in Europe
Costanzo Ranci

2. Bringing Territory Back in Social Comparative Research
Costanzo Ranci

Part II. Aspects of Social Vulnerability

3. Beyond the Male Breadwinner Family Model
Emmanuele Pavolini, Costanzo Ranci

4. Income Vulnerability in Europe
Salvatore Curatolo, Guglielmo Wolleb

5. Unstable Employment in Western Europe: Exploring the Individual and Household Dimensions
Ivana Fellini, Mauro Migliavacca

6. Housing Deprivation and Vulnerability in Western Europe
Pietro Palvarini, Emmanuele Pavolini

7. Disability and Caregiving: A Step Toward Social Vulnerability?
Giuliana Costa, Costanzo Ranci

Part III. Multidimensional Analysis

8. The Vulnerability of Young Adults on Leaving the Parental Home
Giuseppe A. Micheli, Alessandro Rosina

9. Social Vulnerability: A Multidimensional Analysis
Costanzo Ranci, Mauro Migliavacca

10. Explaining Social Vulnerability
Costanzo Ranci, Brunella Fiore, Emmanuele Pavolini

11. General Conclusions
Costanzo Ranci

Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Politics of the Welfare State, Public Policy, Sociology, general, European Culture, Social Care, Social Structure, Social Inequality