Prologue : the Hernandez family -- Introduction -- Concurrent involvement : challenges in navigating multiple institutions at once -- Revisiting the past to understand the present : temporal view of family multi-institutional involvement -- Who's in the family? multi-household exploration of the...

General introduction / LU Xueyi HU Jianguo, YAN Ye XIE Zhengzhong -- The cause of people's welfare, well-being and livelihood / ZHAO Weihua -- Social undertakings / YANG Guihong -- Income distribution / LI Alin -- Urban and rural communities / ZHOU Yan -- Social organizations / CAO Feilian --...

This book illustrates why both academic research and policy thinking need to factor-in gender hierarchies and structures if they are to address some of the key challenges of contemporary societies: the widespread informality and insecurity of paid work and the crisis of care

Wie sprechen wir über Armut? Was wissen wir über Armut? Wie bearbeiten wir Armut? Das Handbuch liefert Antworten auf diese Fragen und bietet sowohl Überblick als auch Detailinformation. Es richtet sich an Studierende und Lehrende der Sozialwissenschaften, aber auch an PraktikerInnen aus der...