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Activation for what purpose? Lessons from Denmark
Jens Lind, Iver Hornemann MøllerThis paper evaluates why activation programmes are still an important and core component of most European countries’ social‐ and labour market policies when it has become…
The decentralisation of social assistance in The Netherlands
Rik van BerkelThe aim of this paper is to make a preliminary assessment of the impacts of the decentralisation of Dutch social assistance.
Empowerment, waste and new consumption communities
Caroline Bekin, Marylyn Carrigan, Isabelle SzmiginThis paper aims to explore the diverse and complementary resistance and waste‐reduction practices adopted by UK‐based New Consumption Communities, and whether such behaviours…
Consumption disparities in information society: Comparing the traditional and digital divides in Finland
Pekka RasanenThis article compares consumption differences between population groups in the fields of the traditional and new information and entertainment. The interest is to estimate to what…
Stress, social support and depression in informal caregivers to people with HIV/AIDS in Lomé, Togo
Ami R. Moore, Mark Vosvick, Foster K. AmeyThis study examined factors associated with depression in 125 informal caregivers to adults living with HIV/AIDS in Lomé, Togo.
Health care governance and gender relations within the health services of Germany and Italy
Gaia di LuzioThe paper addresses the question of the contribution made by health service institutions towards the perpetuation of gender inequality within health occupations.
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