From the reviews: “This publication is a welcome exception to the rule that an international study yields one volume of comparative chapters and another devoted to analysis of the data of each participating country. … The first volume focuses on family change … . The different chapters and consequently, the summary contain a great many … Continue Reading
The book aims to revitalise the interdisciplinary debate about evolution science and substantiate the idea that science can provide a rational and robust framework for understanding morality. It also traces pathways for knowledge-based choices to be made about directions for future long-term biological evolution and cultural development in view of adaptation to expected, probable and … Continue Reading
Chapter 5 Youth transitions: chances and choices – Global demographic and social challenges Dragana Avramov INTRODUCTION When addressing the question “How healthy is the present and the future in Europe”, I take the approach which deals with both the macro-scale socio-demographic change, following the logic of the world-system analysis (for example, Wallerstein 1974), and the … Continue Reading
Lessons learnt from Erasmus Mundus, The first generation Foreword With the launch of the Erasmus Mundus programme in 2004, the European Commission pursued a double objective. On the one hand, the programme was meant to contribute to the European higher education convergence process that started in the late 1980s with the Erasmus programme and is at the … Continue Reading
The World and Europe up to 2050: EU policies and research priorities, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation Foreword We can rise to the Europe 2020 challenges of dealing with an ageing population, securing sustainable resources, developing clean energy supplies, improving healthcare and combating climate change – but only if we take effective short, medium and long term … Continue Reading
Editors: Charlotte Höhn, Dragana Avramov, Irena Kotowska This two-volume book presents social cohesion and demographic challenges that are associated with low birth rates and population ageing. It does so from the perspective of citizens and key policy actors. The work analyses peoples’ attitudes about demographic trends and expectations towards private networks and public policies. It … Continue Reading
Editors: Charlotte Höhn, Dragana Avramov, Irena Kotowska Volume 2 focuses on research findings related to general knowledge of people concerning demographic developments, gender issues, and ageing. In addition, it presents the results of a Delphi-Study on the views of the key policy actors in the area of demographic developments. The volume concludes with policy implications … Continue Reading
Authors: Dragana Avramov, Robert Cliquet This book addresses major societal trends associated with changes in gender relations, family-building and patterns of work, ageing, and integration of migrants, which mark Europe at the turn of the 21st century. It builds on the networking of 11 European Population institutes from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, … Continue Reading
Authors: Dragana Avramov and Miroslava Maskova This volume takes as its starting point the changing age structure in European countries, which is characterised by the increase in the number of elderly persons and the decrease in the young and working populations, and reviews the demographic differences between European countries. Improved living conditions and effective health … Continue Reading
Authors: Dragana Avramov et Miroslava Maskova Partant de l’évolution de la pyramide des âges dans les pays européens – caractérisée par une augmentation du nombre de personne âgées et une diminution de la population juvénile active – l’ouvrage fait le point sur les différences, dans les pays européens, en matière de démographie. Les auteurs remarquent … Continue Reading
