Social Quality: A Vision for Europe: A Vision for Europe

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-90-411-1523-2
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, 390 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 744 g

Reihe: Studies in Employment and Social Policy Set

This volume represents the outcome of two years of intensive debate about the future of Europe. It aims to provide the European Union with a vision: one that will unite all of its citizens and help to create the democratic legitimacy that the EU currently lacks. It builds on the first book on social quality, The Social Quality of Europe, which introduced the concept and which has been enthusiastically received by both the scientific and policy communities. The book develops three crucial elements of social quality: the theoretical validity of the concept, its practical application, and its identity or `genetic code'. It establishes an independent identity for social quality, with a unique focus on the quality of the social, which enables it to act as the rationale for economic, social, and cultural policies and, therefore, an escape route from the dominance of narrow economic thinking in policy making.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beck, Wolfgang

Maesen, Laurent van der

Maesen, Laurent J. G. van der

Thomése, Fleur

Walker, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen