Family Well-Being

1 Introduction - Almudena Moreno Mínguez.-

Part I Approaches to the study of family well-being.-

2 Conceptualizing family well-being - Shirley Zimmerman.-

3 Social quality, the quality of life and families in Europe - Claire Wallace and Paloma Abbott.-

Part II Family, child poverty and well-being.-

4 Child poverty and well-being in Italy in a comparative framework - Daniela Del Boca and Anna Laura Mancini.-

5 Child well-being and single parent family structure in the OECD - Simon Chapple.-

Part III Work family balance and gender.-

6 Parental leave policies, gender equity and family well-being in Europe: a comparative perspective - Karim Wall and Anna Escobedo.-

7 Work-family balance and new social risks - Anders Ejrnæs & Thomas P. Boje.-

8 Spousal well-being: an inquiry into the links between household income and parental task division - Joris Ghysels.-

9 Working parents and well-being family - Almudena Moreno Mínguez.-

10 Gender and well-being in Britain since 1800 - Bernard Harris.-

Part IV Youth, elder, migration and social work.-

11 Support and success in youth transitions. A comparative analysis on the relation between subjective and systemic factors - Axel Pohl, Barbara Stauber and Andreas Walther.-

12 How will a potential reduction in informal care affect the well-being of the elderly? - Manfred Huber, Ricardo Rodrigues and Frédérique Hoffmann.-

13 Well-being and resilience in asylum seeking children and families in Sweden - Ulla Björnberg.-

14 Empowerment and social work with families - Antonio López Peláez and Sagrario Segado Sánchez-Cabezudo

Almudena Moreno took a PhD in Sociology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2004 and is professor in sociology at the University of Valladolid. She specialised in family issues, welfare state, public policy and comparative research on gender. She has been visiting researcher at the universities of Oxford (United Kingdom), McGill (Canada), Göteborg (Sweden), Stirling (United Kingdom), Turin (Italy) and Chicago (EE.UU). Currently she is taking part in two European projects on equality policies on gender and youth. She is also a member in AREA, where she is developing her work as researcher in different European projects. Her research work has been recognized with the International Award for Young Sociologists, given by the International Sociological Association in 1998; an award of research given by the Fundación Acción Familiar, in 2004 and the extraordinary award of Ph.D. in 2006.

She has published numerous books and articles. Her last publications include: (2009): "Gender, Equality and Quality of Life: Examples of Best Practices from Nine European Cities" in: Community Quality-of Life Indicators, V.2, Best Cases, edited by Philips, Rhonda; Rahtz, Don R.; (2009): "Family and gender roles in Spain from a comparative perspective", European Societies Journal; (2009): "Gender Roles, Family Policies and Dilemmas of the Work and Family Life Balance in Spain from a Comparative European Framework", Journal of Societal & Social Policy.

From the book reviews:"The book is structured around four major parts, with a total of 14 chapters. ... This book is highly recommended as required reading for a wide range of quality of life researchers, students as well as members of the government or non-government organizations. It can be taken as a reference book for researchers in this field of study. Its content in qualitative and quantitative data gives the volume a special strength." (Marta Ortega Gaspar, Applied Research Quality Life, Vol. 9, 2014)