Women Vulnerabilities And Welfare Service Systems - Taylor & Francis Ltd

This Book Studies Welfare Systems In Europe And Beyond From The Standpoint Of Women In Vulnerable Positions In Society. These Systems Are Under Major Transformations With Models Of Service Delivery And Management, Austerity Measures, Requirements For Cost-effectiveness, Marketization, And The Prioritization Of Services. Divided Into Three Parts: Welfare Service Systems (not) Responding To Vulnerable Situations Of Women Womens Encounters With The Welfare Service System Contradictions Of Informal Support This Book Considers The Experiences And Encounters With The Service System Of Women In Poverty, Homeless Women, Women With Substance Use Problems, Women Sentenced Of Crime, Girls And Young Women In Care, And Refugees And Asylum-seeking Women.