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Comparing European workers.

Table of Contents: “…/ Lane Destro, David Brady -- Social protection dualism, de-industrialization and cost containment / Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, Adam M. …”
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Dimensions of Resilience in Developing Countries Informality, Solidarities and Carework / by Charmes, Jacques

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part 1: Informality -- Chapter 1: History of a Concept -- Chapter 2: Concepts, Methodologies, Sources of Data -- Chapter 3: Trends and Characteristics of Informal Employment and its Components -- Chapter 4: Role of Informal Employment in Economic Development and Development Policies -- Part 2: Solidarities -- Chapter 5 -- Community, Individualism and Social Capital -- Chapter 6: Concepts, Methodologies and Sources of Data -- Chapter 7: Transfers, Remittances and Care -- Chapter 8: Towards a Social Protection Floor for All -- Part 3: Women's Activities and Unpaid Work -- Chapter 9: Female Participation Rates to the Labour Force and to Informal Employment: Reasons for their Underestimation -- Chapter 10: The Extended Notion of Work and The Time-Use Surveys -- Chapter 11: Feminisation of Poverty, Time Poverty and Potential For Development -- Chapter 12: Towards Recognition of Women's Work and Women's Empowerment -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- General Index.…”
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Aging Welfare and Social Policy China and the Nordic Countries in Comparative Perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Welfare States with Nordic Characteristics -- Chapter 2: Building a Welfare System with Chinese Characteristics: From a Residual Type to Moderate Universalism -- Chapter 3: Evolution and Construction of China's Social Protection System: A Discussion from the Perspective of Shared Development -- Chapter 4: "Aging in Community": Historical and Comparative Study of Aging Welfare and Social Policy -- Chapter 5: Sweden: Ageing Welfare, and Social Policy in the 21st Century -- Chapter 6: Looking for the Easy Way Out: Demographic Panic and the Twists and Turns of Long-term Care Policy in Finland -- Chapter 7: Policy Responses to Ageing: Care Services for the Elderly in Norway -- Chapter 8: Is Finland Connected for e-Health and e-Welfare? …”
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The Politics of Minimum Income Explaining Path Departure and Policy Reversal in the Age of Austerity / by Natili, Marcello

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Gendering struggles against informal and precarious work /

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