Biography and Social Exclusion in Europe: Experiences and Life Journeys

By Michael Rustin

Based on 250 life-story interviews in seven European Union countries, Biography and social exclusion in Europe:

analyses personal struggles against social exclusion to illuminate local milieus and changing welfare regimes and contexts;

points to challenging new agendas for European politics and welfare, beyond the rhetoric of communitarianism and the New Deal;

vividly illustrates the lived experience and environmental complexity working for and against structural processes of social exclusion;

refashions the interpretive tradition as a teaching and research tool linking macro and micro realities.

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Students, academic teachers and professional trainers, practitioners, politicians, policy makers and researchers in applied and comparative welfare fields will all benefit from reading this book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861343094
• ISBN13: 9781861343093
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"