Title:Social citizenship, solidarity and welfare in regionalized and plurinational states
Author(s):KEATING, MichaelDate:2009-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The social welfare literature has often assumed the existence of a unified, territorial nation-state. This would provide the basis for solidarity and social citizenship, while mobilizing the resources for redistribution. ...
Title:Social Class, Employment Contracts and Economic Security in the Russian Labour Market
Author(s):BESSUDNOV, AlexeyDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In this paper I explore occupational class differences in employment contracts, fringe benefits and unemployment risks in Russia. Using panel data, I provide both a descriptive account of class differentials in these labour ...
Title:The Social Connectedness of Older Europeans: Patterns, dynamics and contexts
Author(s):KOHLI, Martin; HANK, Karsten; KÜNEMUND, HaraldDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Using longitudinal data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), our article shows that the population aged 50 or older is socially connected in several ways. The various dimensions of social ...
Title:The Social Construction of an Industry: A world of chemical fibres
Author(s):KENIS, PatrickDate:1992Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The systematic study of collective action by business is an "enfant industry" in the scholarly enterprise. Compared to the thousands of volumes devoted to describing, explaining, and (often) extolling the action of trade ...
Title:Social Movements
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; DIANI, MarioDate:2011Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:This chapter explores the interactions between the social science literature ion social movements and civil society, and considers both differences and similarities in their conceptualization as well as in the actual ...
Title:Social Movements
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2009Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:The chapter reviews some main trends in European approaches to social movements, selectively developing some main dimensions of cross-national comparison and, finally, addressing the issue of the Europeanization of social ...
Title:Social Movements and Civil Society: How emerging social conflicts challenge social science approaches
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, DonatellaDate:2009Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:This chapter is based upon the opening speech at the general conference of the European Sociological Association in Edinburgh in 2007. It discusses conceptions of civil society and social movements, pleading for a more ...
Title:Social Movements and Europeanization
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; CAIANI, ManuelaDate:2009Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Are social movement organizations euroskeptical? Or do they accept the EU as a new level of governance to place pressure on? Do they provide a critical capital, necessary for the political structuring of the EU? This book ...