Social Services Disrupted: Changes, Challenges and Policy Implications for Europe in Times of Austerity

• Main Author: Anneli Anttonen (auth)
• Other Authors: Margitta Mätzke (auth), Flavia Martinelli (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: No linguistic content, Not applicable
• Published: Edward Elgar Publishing 2017
• Series: New Horizons in Social Policy series
• Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; social policy; welfare state; ageing; gender; social care; Public social services
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Public social services are a key component of the welfare state in most of Europe, although their development trajectories, coverage and legal status still vary considerably among countries. How such services are provided, and for whom, impacts significantly on social and territorial cohesion, gende...