Welfare in an Idle Society?

A new book by Bernd Marin, forthcoming 2012

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Welfare in an Idle Society?

Ageing Populations in Post-Industrial Democracies

Vanhuysse, P. & Goerres, A., eds. (2012) Ageing Populations in Post-Industrial Democracies: Comparative Studies of Policies and Politics

Pieter Vanhuysse has co-edited a new book with Achim Goerres (University of Duisburg) for the Routledge series "ECPR Studies in European Political Science." Published to coincide with the start of the European Year of Active Aging and Solidarity between the Generations, this volume brings together an expert set of scholars from Europe and North America to investigate generational politics and public policies within an explicitly comparative political science approach.

The book examines changing social and public policy demands due to ageing electorates and features analysis of USA, UK, Japan, Germany, Italy and all major EU countries. It studies government reforms that have often hurt the interests of growing elderly voting blocs in order to safeguard macro-fiscal viability, and looks at the political drivers behind highly topical responses such as pension generosity cuts and retirement age increases. It also examines the social policy attitudes of younger and older generations, as well as the emergence of ‘grey' or pensioner parties across 31 democracies.

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Quality Management by Research-oriented Indicators – Czech Handbook

The main target audience of this handbook are the key stakeholders of care homes, which include its management, staff, clients and relatives, as well as policy decision-makers, regulators and sponsors. The handbook contains a set of 94 selected result-oriented indicators that have been developed on the basis of the exchange of experiences and existing tools in selected EU Member States.

Thanks to the efforts of Ing. Jiří Horecký, President of the Federation of Providers of Social Institutions in the Czech Republic, the Handbook is now available in five languages: English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Czech.

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Consultancy support to Social Sector Reforms in Ukraine

Asghar Zaidi, Bernd Marin and Alexandre Sidorenko met high-level representatives of the Ministry of Social Policy and UNDP in Kiev, on 19th and 20th December, to present recommendations for future pension policy strategy in Ukraine. A strategy paper has been drafted for this mission, with specific recommendations for short-term Immediate and medium- and long-term measures for pension policy reforms in Ukraine.

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Handy Sex Guide

Der Handy Sex Guide ist für junge Menschen zwischen 13 und 18 Jahren.

Er enthält Informationen über Safe Sex, Verhütung, sexuell übertragbare Krankheiten, HIV/AIDS, Schwangerschaft, den weiblichen und männlichen Körper, Liebe und Beziehungen und vieles mehr. Um den Handy Sex Guide herunterzuladen, gehe mit Deinem Handy auf folgenden Link: http://mgw02.mobile-identity.com/de And join us on Facebook

The Mobile Safe Sex-guide is part of the project "Mobile Sexuality: Towards a New European Strategy in Sex Education and Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (SAFESEX)".

Recent Columns by Bernd Marin

In DER STANDARD, Wien:

Mehr Gesundheit für unser Geld, bitte (1 February 2012) (together with Maria Hofmarcher-Holzhacker)
Österreich 1995-2012 (7 January 2012)