Böcker av Linda Hantrais

With the UK's decision to leave the EU as one of the greatest challenges in the EU's history, this book seeks to understand the role played by social policy in the referendum campaign and withdrawal negotiations, and considers what Brexit means for social policy development both in the UK and across the EU.

Social policy is constantly evolving in the European Union and is closely intertwined with other EU policy areas. The enlargement of the union has increased debate about how to adapt its institutional structures to reflect its extended membership. This work offers an account of social policy formation and implementation across the European Union.

Explores how family structures, employment relationship and family policy are conceptualised in individual EC member states. Draws upon material from ESRC, CNAF (Paris) and the European Commission DGV.

This book explores the complex relationship between family change and public policy responses in EU member states and candidate countries. It combines broad-brush scrutiny of demographic trends, policy contexts and debates in contemporary European societies with a fine-grain analysis of the attitudes, perceptions and experiences of families.

This book is designed as a training and reference tool for students, researchers and practitioners wanting to conduct and commission effective, reliable international comparative research. Using a topic-based approach, it draws on many small and large-scale studies in the social sciences and humanities to analyse the research process.