Social Vulnerability in European Cities : The Role of Local Welfare in Times of Crisis

What has been the impact on social cohesion of contemporary cities in Europe, of the rise of new social risks and of the recent economic crisis? Focussing on 20 European urban contexts, this book provides an empirical analysis of the socio-economic transformations driving the emergence of new social risks and of the capacity of welfare policies.

Manuel Aguilar, University of Barcelona, Spain Gojko Be ovan, University of Zagreb, Crotia Sandro Cattacin, University of Geneva, Switzerland Giuliana Costa, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy Marianna d'Ovidio, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy Anna Escobedo, University of Barcelona, Spain Benjamin Ewert, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany Laurent Fraisse, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire pour la Sociologie Economique, France Lara Maestripieri, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy Ilona Matysiak, University of Warsaw, Poland Patricia Naegeli, University of Geneva, Switzerland Pietro Palvarini, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy Renata Siemie?ska, University of Warsaw, Italy