Publications by Type: European Centre reports

2017

From disability rights towards a rights-based approach to long-term care in Europe: Literature review

European Centre reports

The authors investigate the key concepts of the movement to secure the rights of people with disabilities in order to understand how the disability rights movement can inform the ongoing policy debate surrounding older people’s rights.

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Community care for people with dementia

European Centre reports

The study proposes a framework for conceptualising community care. This framework underscores the shifting needs of the person with dementia and of informal carers over the trajectory of the disease, and the changing roles of different stakeholders as a result.

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Simulation of an application of the Hartz-IV reform in Austria

European Centre reports

The report presents the fiscal implications together with the distributional effects and the impact on risk of poverty of a similar reform in Austria.

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The social dimension of the EU

European Centre reports

Benchmarking in the social dimension has its pitfalls when focusing on purely quantitative target-setting. Thus, benchlearning processes are suggested, in which analysing the causes for societal challenges, learning from others and action-taking stand in the forefront.

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Bridge Building: Knowledge exchange in social welfare policy and research

European Centre reports

The publication compiles Workshop papers presented at the Launch event ‘Building Bridges in social welfare policy in Eastern Europe’ (19 September 2016; Vienna).

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