Family Well-Being

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

   • Almudena Moreno Mínguez

   Pages 1-6

3. Approaches to the Study of Family Well-Being

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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4. Approaches to the study of family well-being

   1. Conceptualizing Family Well-Being

      • Shirley L. Zimmerman

      Pages 9-25

   2. Social Quality, the Quality of Life and Parents with Young Children in Europe

      • Pamela Abbott, Claire Wallace

      Pages 27-51

5. Family, Child Poverty and Well-Being

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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6. Family, child poverty and well-being

   1. Child Poverty and Child Well-Being in Italy in a Comparative Framework

      • Daniela Del Boca, Anna Laura Mancini

      Pages 55-72

   2. Child Well-Being and Lone Parenthood Across the OECD

      • Simon Chapple

      Pages 73-100

7. Work Family Balance and Gender

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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8. Work family balance and gender

   1. Parental Leave Policies, Gender Equity and Family Well-Being in Europe: A Comparative Perspective

      • Karin Wall, Anna Escobedo

      Pages 103-129

   2. New Social Risks and Work-Family Balance

      • Anders Ejrnæs, Thomas P. Boje

      Pages 131-149

   3. Spousal Well-Being: An Inquiry into the Links Between Household Income and Parental Task Division

      • Joris Ghysels

      Pages 151-175

   4. Working Parents, Family and Gender in Spain from an European Comparative Perspective

      • Almudena Moreno Mínguez

      Pages 177-201

   5. Measuring the Past: Gender, Health and Welfare in Europe Since c. 1800

      • Bernard Harris

      Pages 203-221

9. Youth, Elder, Migration and Social Work

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223

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10. Youth, elder, migration and social work

    1. Support and Success in Youth Transitions: A Comparative Analysis on the Relation Between Subjective and Systemic Factors

       • Andreas Walther, Barbara Stauber, Axel Pohl

       Pages 225-241

    2. Policies to Support Carers

       • Frédérique Hoffmann, Manfred Huber, Ricardo Rodrigues

       Pages 243-260

    3. Caught Between a Troubled Past and an Uncertain Future: The Well-Being of Asylum-Seeking Children in Sweden

       • Ulla Björnberg

       Pages 261-275

    4. Empowerment, Well-Being and the Welfare State: Family Social Work in Spain

       • Antonio López Peláez, Sagrario Segado Sánchez-Cabezudo

       Pages 277-301

11. Back Matter

    Pages 303-306

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In the international literature there is a broad scope for comparative research on the welfare regime, family change and gender relations, but we have no book that comprehensively collects the main research that has been conducted from the perspective of family well-being. Thus, this volume focuses on the comparative analyse of family and well-being in a European perspective, a dimension which literature has not covered till the present.

This book collects the researches done in Europe on family well-being and compares family change and well-being in different institutional and cultural contexts. It takes a deeper look at early evidence of family well-being and presents a compilation of findings from the main researchers on this topic.

A broad range of topics is covered from the theorizing of children’s well-being to the development of specific measures of family well-being. The book also outlines pivotal methodological and conceptual issues. A distinguished, international group of researchers provide insights into the dynamics of family change and well-being, using indicators as a means to confront new phenomena as well as to bridge data and theory.

• Child Poverty
• Comparative Research
• Elderly
• Enpowerment
• Europe
• Family
• Family Policy
• Family Well-being
• Family change
• Gender
• Gender Euity
• Gender Roles
• Household Labour
• Income Support
• Parent Child Relations
• Social Indicators
• Social Work
• Sole Parents
• Transition to Adulthood
• Welfare Regimes
• Well-Being
• Working Parents

From the book reviews:

“The book is structured around four major parts, with a total of 14 chapters. … This book is highly recommended as required reading for a wide range of quality of life researchers, students as well as members of the government or non-government organizations. It can be taken as a reference book for researchers in this field of study. Its content in qualitative and quantitative data gives the volume a special strength.” (Marta Ortega Gaspar, Applied Research Quality Life, Vol. 9, 2014)

• Palazuelos de Eresma, Spain

  Almudena Moreno Minguez

Almudena Moreno took a PhD in Sociology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2004 and is professor in sociology at the University of Valladolid. She specialised in family issues, welfare state, public policy and comparative research on gender. She has been visiting researcher at the universities of Oxford (United Kingdom), McGill (Canada), Göteborg (Sweden), Stirling (United Kingdom), Turin (Italy) and Chicago (EE.UU). Currently she is taking part in two European projects on equality policies on gender and youth. She is also a member in AREA, where she is developing her work as researcher in different European projects. Her research work has been recognized with the International Award for Young Sociologists, given by the International Sociological Association in 1998; an award of research given by the Fundación Acción Familiar, in 2004 and the extraordinary award of Ph.D. in 2006.

She has published numerous books and articles. Her last publications include: (2009): "Gender, Equality and Quality of Life: Examples of Best Practices from Nine European Cities" in: Community Quality-of Life Indicators, V.2, Best Cases, edited by Philips, Rhonda; Rahtz, Don R.; (2009): "Family and gender roles in Spain from a comparative perspective", European Societies Journal; (2009): "Gender Roles, Family Policies and Dilemmas of the Work and Family Life Balance in Spain from a Comparative European Framework", Journal of Societal & Social Policy.

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