In the present report we present the results of the second phase of the WILCO project, the aim of which was to describe how social inequality and exclusion patterns in twenty European cities have developed over the past years. Specifically, we have looked at effects with respect to gender, age and migration in the fields of employment, childcare and housing. The findings are based on 20 city reports collecting secondary statistical data, local literature and grey documents and interviews with privileged interlocutors, combined with interviews of 360 single mothers, young unemployed adults and migrants. The underlying city reports are available through our website: www.wilcoproject.eu.Our focus is on social vulnerability, which emerges from difficulties in the coordination of different resources and obligations, rather than from a lack of resources. In other words, it focuses on instability and precariousness, not on permanent exclusion or poverty in itself. Overall, while the investigations at the country level reflect general trends (examined in a previous WILCO report), there are a number of important differences between cities.
Measures of Social Cohesion: Comparative Report
COSTA, GIULIANA;RANCI ORTIGOSA, COSTANZO;SABATINELLI, STEFANIA
2012-01-01
Abstract
In the present report we present the results of the second phase of the WILCO project, the aim of which was to describe how social inequality and exclusion patterns in twenty European cities have developed over the past years. Specifically, we have looked at effects with respect to gender, age and migration in the fields of employment, childcare and housing. The findings are based on 20 city reports collecting secondary statistical data, local literature and grey documents and interviews with privileged interlocutors, combined with interviews of 360 single mothers, young unemployed adults and migrants. The underlying city reports are available through our website: www.wilcoproject.eu.Our focus is on social vulnerability, which emerges from difficulties in the coordination of different resources and obligations, rather than from a lack of resources. In other words, it focuses on instability and precariousness, not on permanent exclusion or poverty in itself. Overall, while the investigations at the country level reflect general trends (examined in a previous WILCO report), there are a number of important differences between cities.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
