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First published in 1997, this volume examines how, in the last 15
years, HIV/AIDS has become a challenge for public health, public
policy and research. Reducing further HIV transmissions as well
reducing the personal and social impact of HIV/AIDS requires a wide
range of activities developed by a wide range of organizations -
the supply of which varies widely between countries, regions and
social groups. The book describes the programmes which seem
particularly effective in dealing with HIB/AIDS and sets out to
explain the disparities in their distribution. It documents and
tries to understand both similarities as well as the variety of
national approaches taken to cope with HIV/AIDS in a number of
European countries. On the basis of the welfare-mix model, six
country studies and an introductory chapter draw particular
attention to the different mixes of public policies and private
non-profit, community-based activities; the functional mixes
between different types of services in the areas of prevention,
care, research, control and monitoring, interest representation,
fund-raising. The mixes between specialized, so-called "exclusive"
HIV/AIDS service organizations and services made available by
general, comprehensive, or so-called "inclusive" institutions which
provide AIDS-specific programmes among other activities will also
be elaborated. The whole range of HIV/AIDS activities, from
professional services to self-help, is analysed in a comparative
perspective. The book is based on data from the European Centre /
WHO Collaborative Study Managing AIDS. It is a comparative policy
study focused on the role of non-profit organizations in public
health and welfare policy, covering several thousands of
organizations and HIV/AIDS programmes in six European countries.
Unexpected similarities and divergence in AIDS service
organizations across Europe were found. The sheer multitude of
programmes offered called a surprise to experts in the field, as
did remaining conspicuous blank spots or deficiencies in services.
Degrees of AIDS policy coherence, prevention efforts, service
density and quality, self-help and professionalization,
medicalization vs. social integration of HIV/AIDS programmes,
sectoral specialization and institutionalization all vary
tremendously, as do the efficiency and effectiveness of
organizational responses to HIV/AIDS. Interestingly, variations in
the supply of activities can hardly be explained by epidemiological
patterns and corresponding demand and needs. AIDS management
requires long-term institutional strategies and information which
cannot be provided by epidemiological or behavioural analysis
alone. An effective struggle against HIV/AIDS also requires
institution-building, inter-organizational development and
policy-field analysis.
This title was first published in 2000. The result of an
international meeting organized by the European Centre, this book
reports from economists, social scientists and experts from
government and inter-governmental institutions who came together to
investigate the best way to overcome mass unemployment in Europe.
First published in 1997, this volume examines how, in the last 15
years, HIV/AIDS has become a challenge for public health, public
policy and research. Reducing further HIV transmissions as well
reducing the personal and social impact of HIV/AIDS requires a wide
range of activities developed by a wide range of organizations -
the supply of which varies widely between countries, regions and
social groups. The book describes the programmes which seem
particularly effective in dealing with HIB/AIDS and sets out to
explain the disparities in their distribution. It documents and
tries to understand both similarities as well as the variety of
national approaches taken to cope with HIV/AIDS in a number of
European countries. On the basis of the welfare-mix model, six
country studies and an introductory chapter draw particular
attention to the different mixes of public policies and private
non-profit, community-based activities; the functional mixes
between different types of services in the areas of prevention,
care, research, control and monitoring, interest representation,
fund-raising. The mixes between specialized, so-called "exclusive"
HIV/AIDS service organizations and services made available by
general, comprehensive, or so-called "inclusive" institutions which
provide AIDS-specific programmes among other activities will also
be elaborated. The whole range of HIV/AIDS activities, from
professional services to self-help, is analysed in a comparative
perspective. The book is based on data from the European Centre /
WHO Collaborative Study Managing AIDS. It is a comparative policy
study focused on the role of non-profit organizations in public
health and welfare policy, covering several thousands of
organizations and HIV/AIDS programmes in six European countries.
Unexpected similarities and divergence in AIDS service
organizations across Europe were found. The sheer multitude of
programmes offered called a surprise to experts in the field, as
did remaining conspicuous blank spots or deficiencies in services.
Degrees of AIDS policy coherence, prevention efforts, service
density and quality, self-help and professionalization,
medicalization vs. social integration of HIV/AIDS programmes,
sectoral specialization and institutionalization all vary
tremendously, as do the efficiency and effectiveness of
organizational responses to HIV/AIDS. Interestingly, variations in
the supply of activities can hardly be explained by epidemiological
patterns and corresponding demand and needs. AIDS management
requires long-term institutional strategies and information which
cannot be provided by epidemiological or behavioural analysis
alone. An effective struggle against HIV/AIDS also requires
institution-building, inter-organizational development and
policy-field analysis.
How different are fe/male life courses, and why? What is good, bad,
or best for women under these or probable future circumstances?
This ground-breaking book explores the difficulties women face in
working life and retirement - and asks what can be done to achieve
more gender equality and fairness for women and men alike. Leading
pension experts from across Europe analyse the basic challenges
through single and comparative country studies. The editors provide
facts and figures on women's lives, work and pensions and draw
theoretical lessons and practical policy conclusions from the
studies and gendered statistical indicators.
The modern welfare state is indeed one of the greatest achievements
of the post-war 20th century. With its key aims of eradicating the
five giant social ills of Want, Ignorance, Disease, Squalor and
Idleness, it aimed to providing a minimum standard of living, with
all people of working age paying a weekly contribution; in return,
benefits would be paid to anyone who was sick, unemployed, retired
or widowed. The modern welfare state, therefore, is about
maintaining a delicate equilibrium between dependent social groups
on the one hand and the active working classes on the other. In the
case of old-age security, this balance is being achieved (or not)
by the so-called Generation Contract. This social pact is more of
an implicit, unwritten and unspecified social contract. This
ground-breaking book demonstrates how countries are addressing
population-ageing challenges in depth, using the case study of
Austria to gain the required complexity and differentiation in a
comparative European framework of empirical evidence. This is a
broad social science study in political economy and sociology, not
an economic analysis. Though focusing on pensions, it centres on
the (im)balance between work and non-work, issues of health, work
ability, employability, and benefit receipt from old-age security
to disability allowance. It will be required reading for all
sociologists and social policy experts and academics working within
this area.
Bringing together contributions from institutions such as the OECD,
the WHO, the World Bank and the European Disability Forum, as well
as policy makers and researchers, this volume focuses on disability
and work. The contributors address a wide range of issues including
what it means to be disabled, what rights and responsibilities
society has for people with disabilities, how disability benefits
should be structured, and what role employers should play.
Fundamental reading for specialists in disability, social
protection and public economics, and for social policy academics,
researchers and students generally, Transforming Disability Welfare
Policies makes an enormous contribution to the literature.
This title was first published in 2000. The result of an
international meeting organized by the European Centre, this book
reports from economists, social scientists and experts from
government and inter-governmental institutions who came together to
investigate the best way to overcome mass unemployment in Europe.
What is the future of welfare in Europe? The European welfare state
is generally considered to be one of the finest achievements of the
post-1945 world. Set up to eradicate poverty by providing a minimum
standard of living and social safety net, the welfare state has
come under increasing strain from ageing societies, growing
unemployment, a deskilling society, and mass migration (both from
inside and outside of Europe). With contribution from some of
Europe's leading experts on this subject, this path-breaking volume
highlights the internal and external pressures on the welfare state
and asks whether any European welfare model is sustainable in the
long term. This book will be of interest to all students, academics
and professions working in the field of European social policy.
The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), adopted
at the Second World Assembly on Ageing, is the first international
agreement that specifically recognises the potential of older
people to contribute to the development of their societies. In
monitoring its implementation two key approaches are evident: a
qualitative bottom-up participatory approach and an approach that
uses quantitative indicators to monitor sustainable progress and
policies. With the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and
Research, playing a pivotal role in the monitoring of the
implementation process, one of its key tasks has been to develop a
list of 'indicators of achievement'. This book contains extended
and revised versions of policy briefs and background papers that
support the implementation monitoring process. The analyses
included in these chapters make concrete suggestions towards
quantitative indicators, with the aim of assisting national
governments in mainstreaming ageing in their policies. The
contributors provide an overview of the current situation with
respect to population ageing and its consequences and also provide
projections for the future. The book also includes the final list
of quantitative indicators that arose out of consultations with
international experts, related to the four main topics addressed:
demography, income and wealth, labour market participation, and
social protection and financial sustainability.
How different are fe/male life courses, and why? What is good, bad,
or best for women under these or probable future circumstances?
This ground-breaking book explores the difficulties women face in
working life and retirement - and asks what can be done to achieve
more gender equality and fairness for women and men alike. Leading
pension experts from across Europe analyse the basic challenges
through single and comparative country studies. The editors provide
facts and figures on women's lives, work and pensions and draw
theoretical lessons and practical policy conclusions from the
studies and gendered statistical indicators.
What is the future of welfare in Europe? The European welfare state
is generally considered to be one of the finest achievements of the
post-1945 world. Set up to eradicate poverty by providing a minimum
standard of living and social safety net, the welfare state has
come under increasing strain from ageing societies, growing
unemployment, a deskilling society, and mass migration (both from
inside and outside of Europe). With contribution from some of
Europe's leading experts on this subject, this path-breaking volume
highlights the internal and external pressures on the welfare state
and asks whether any European welfare model is sustainable in the
long term. This book will be of interest to all students, academics
and professions working in the field of European social policy.
The modern welfare state is indeed one of the greatest achievements
of the post-war 20th century. With its key aims of eradicating the
five giant social ills of Want, Ignorance, Disease, Squalor and
Idleness, it aimed to providing a minimum standard of living, with
all people of working age paying a weekly contribution; in return,
benefits would be paid to anyone who was sick, unemployed, retired
or widowed. The modern welfare state, therefore, is about
maintaining a delicate equilibrium between dependent social groups
on the one hand and the active working classes on the other. In the
case of old-age security, this balance is being achieved (or not)
by the so-called Generation Contract. This social pact is more of
an implicit, unwritten and unspecified social contract. This
ground-breaking book demonstrates how countries are addressing
population-ageing challenges in depth, using the case study of
Austria to gain the required complexity and differentiation in a
comparative European framework of empirical evidence. This is a
broad social science study in political economy and sociology, not
an economic analysis. Though focusing on pensions, it centres on
the (im)balance between work and non-work, issues of health, work
ability, employability, and benefit receipt from old-age security
to disability allowance. It will be required reading for all
sociologists and social policy experts and academics working within
this area.
The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), adopted
at the Second World Assembly on Ageing, is the first international
agreement that specifically recognises the potential of older
people to contribute to the development of their societies. In
monitoring its implementation two key approaches are evident: a
qualitative bottom-up participatory approach and an approach that
uses quantitative indicators to monitor sustainable progress and
policies. With the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and
Research, playing a pivotal role in the monitoring of the
implementation process, one of its key tasks has been to develop a
list of 'indicators of achievement'. This book contains extended
and revised versions of policy briefs and background papers that
support the implementation monitoring process. The analyses
included in these chapters make concrete suggestions towards
quantitative indicators, with the aim of assisting national
governments in mainstreaming ageing in their policies. The
contributors provide an overview of the current situation with
respect to population ageing and its consequences and also provide
projections for the future. The book also includes the final list
of quantitative indicators that arose out of consultations with
international experts, related to the four main topics addressed:
demography, income and wealth, labour market participation, and
social protection and financial sustainability.
Bringing together contributions from institutions such as the OECD,
the WHO, the World Bank and the European Disability Forum, as well
as policy makers and researchers, this volume focuses on disability
and work. The contributors address a wide range of issues including
what it means to be disabled, what rights and responsibilities
society has for people with disabilities, how disability benefits
should be structured, and what role employers should play.
Fundamental reading for specialists in disability, social
protection and public economics, and for social policy academics,
researchers and students generally, Transforming Disability Welfare
Policies makes an enormous contribution to the literature.
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