Publications

2009

Access to health care for people with mental disorders in Europe

This policy brief outlines hurdles of access to health care for people with mental disorders and discusses policy implications.

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Intoxication and intoxicated behaviour in contemporary European cultures

Policy brief

‘Binge’ drinking by young people is a social problem that has spread across Europe. The focus of concern has been on their drinking and on the behaviours and harms associated with it in relation to public health, public safety and public order.

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Post-communist welfare pathways

Books & contributions to books

Leading experts examined welfare across countries and social policy domains. This is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art account of the progress that has been made since 1989, and the main challenges for welfare state regimes in Central and Eastern Europe.

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2008

Juvenile alcohol scenes

Policy brief

The conspicuous alcohol consumption by young people in groups, here called ‘juvenile alcohol scenes’, is at the focus of attention. We compared a metropolitan and a rural area in the wine-growing East of Austria.

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Poverty across Europe

Policy brief

This Policy brief discusses the sensitivity of these estimates to the measures used and explores the underlying patterns across the vulnerable groups and the likely causes of poverty in these countries.

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