Social Capital and Health Inequality in European Welfare States
Erschienen am 4. Februar 2013
Buch
Hardcover
XIX, 234 Seiten
978-0-230-29343-4 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Drawing on cross-national European data from the European Social Survey as well as Swedish national survey data and registers, this book investigates social capital in relation to health and health inequalities in European welfare states.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"To my knowledge, this is the first book to comprehensively examine the impact of welfare state regimes on social capital and how this relationship may impact on health and health inequalities ... I would highly recommend this book to academics and policymakers alike." - Social Policy and Administration
Weitere Details
Auflage
2013 edition
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Produkt-Hinweis
Fadenheftung
Gewebe-Einband
Illustrationen
XIX, 234 p.
Maße
Höhe: 223 mm
Breite: 144 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
Gewicht
487 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-29343-4 (9780230293434)
DOI
10.1057/9781137305664
Schweitzer Klassifikation
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MIKAEL ROSTILA is an Associate Professor of Sociology and works as a Researcher at the Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University, Sweden.
Inhalt
Introduction Theoretical Foundations of Social Capital in Health Research Social Capital and Welfare: Do Universal Welfare State 'Crowd Out' or Stimulate Social Capital? Social Capital and Health: Mechanisms and Empirical Findings Health Inequalities by Education in European Welfare Regimes: The Contribution of Individual Social Capital Health Inequalities Between European Welfare Regimes: The Contribution of Collective Social Capital Social Capital and health Inequality in the Social-Democratic Swedish Welfare State The Dark Sides of Social Capital: Homophily and Closure of Immigrants Social Networks in the Swedish Welfare State Concluding Discussion