Mobile Living Across Europe I

Job-related spatial mobility is a subject of great importance in Europe. But how mobile are the Europeans? What are the consequences of professional mobility for quality of life, family life and social relationships? For the first time these questions are analysed on the basis of the findings of a large-scale European survey. The contributions in Volume 1 are directed at the diversity and the extent of mobility in six European countries (Germany, Spain, France, Poland, Switzerland, Belgium).

Berufliche Mobilität ist ein großes gesellschaftliches Thema in Europa. Doch wie mobil sind die Europäer? Und welche Auswirkungen hat berufliche Mobilität auf Lebensqualität, das Familienleben und soziale Beziehungen? Erstmalig werden diese Fragen auf der Basis einer großangelegten Untersuchung in Europa beantwortet. kommunalweb.de, 5.9.2014 This volume contains cross-national comparative analyses of the consequences of different forms of mobility for family lives, jobs, careers, and quality of life across contemporary Europe, as well as findings about the relationships between mobility, gender, social class, and life courses. Reference & Research Book News February 2011 Overall, this book deals with currently relevant questions related to the rise of job-induced spatial mobility in Europe and the diversification of spatial mobility patterns coupled with it. Erdkunde.uni-bonn.de 3/2011 Insgesamt liefert dieser Band einen spannenden Einblick in empirische Ergebnisse zur Pluralität berufsbezogener Mobilitätsformen in (post)modernen Gesellschaften. Erdkunde 2/2011