People, population change and policies: lessons from the population policy acceptance study

This two-volume work presents social cohesion and demographic challenges thatare associated with low birth rates and population ageing. It does so from the perspective of citizens and key policy actors. The work analyses peoples’ attitudes about demographic trends and expectations towards private networks andpublic policies. It places these in the societal context of national specificities in the fourteen countries and regards them as part of the dynamics of the European integration process. The book includes a CD-ROM with the methodological guidelines and the international database on about 34000 interviews conducted in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Slovenia. This provides a unique opportunity for training and further analysis of national data. This book is the outcome of the DIALOG research project, funded by theEuropean Commission under the 5th Framework Programme. International comparative analysis of surveys on demographic change based on about 34000 interviews in 14 European countries. Lessons drawn on what future demographic trends willbring and what will be the consequences for the family, children, equal opportunities and the ageing of the population. INDICE: Volume 1: Introduction.- 2: Methods and Opportunities for analysesof the International Population Policy Acceptance Study database (IPPAS).- 3:Pathways of welfare and population related policies: Towards a multidimensional typology of welfare state regimes in Eastern and Western Europe.- 4: FamilyMatters.- Volume 2: 1: Demographic trends, population related policies and general attitudes.- 2: Changing attitudes on population policies? A comparison between the first and second rounds of the PPAS.- 3: Comparative Delphi-Study.-4: Gender Roles.- 5: Intergenerational Solidarity and Elderly.- 6: Policy Implications.- Annex: PPAS-Questionnaire(s), CD-ROM.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-6690-0
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Desconocida
• Páginas: 855
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 2
• Idioma: Inglés