Women, Vulnerabilities and Welfare Service Systems

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 new 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
• Women’s encounters with the welfare service system
• Contradictions...