Social sustainability in ageing welfare states /

"This book clarifies the meaning of social sustainability and how it can be assessed in ageing welfare states. It explores the impact of population ageing on well-being and social policies, identifying the resources and institutions which can facilitate well-being and social sustainability with...

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Other Authors: Vaalavuo, Maria (Editor), Nelson, Kenneth (College teacher) (Editor), Kuitto, Kati (ediotor.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2025.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Social Sustainability in Ageing Welfare States / Maria Vaalavuo, Kati Kuitto, and Kenneth Nelson
  • Well-being and its distribution across age groups : an integral part of social sustainability in ageing welfare states / Joonas Uotinen, Maria Vaalavuo, and Frank Martela
  • Positive-sum solutions in the generational welfare state / Jan Helmdag and Kenneth Nelson
  • Child poverty and pro-elderly bias in social protection spending / Yekaterina Chzhen
  • The fall in absolute intergenerational mobility : consequences for subjective well-being / Toni Juuti and Ohto Kanninen
  • Intergenerational support and late-life well-being / Lore Van Herreweghe and Wim Van Lancker
  • Inequalities in social care as barriers to social sustainability : towards care justice / Minna Zechner and Lena Näre
  • How to make extending working lives in ageing welfare states socially sustainable / Kati Kuitto and Kun Lee
  • Social sustainability and the activation of workers with health problems / Thomas Leoni
  • Immigration : a necessity for economic sustainability, a challenge for social sustainability? / Maria Vaalavuo and Shadia Rask
  • The political perspective of social sustainability : age-based representation / Mari S. Helliesen and Yvette Peters
  • Integrated sustainability : what is it and what are its implications for social care in ageing welfare states? / Paul Bridgen and Paula Saikkonen.