Resolving the Workforce Problem in Health and Social Care Services in Europe: Towards an Evidence-Based Rationale for Public Services Investment and Growth - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1447378466 ISBN 13 : 9781447378464

Editeur : Policy Press, 2026

Synopsis

Europe’s health and social care systems are suffering from chronic staff shortages, rising inequalities and the long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. These issues pose urgent questions about the sustainability and resilience of public services across the continent.

This edited volume offers the first evidence-based framework for tackling these issues. Drawing on cross-European case studies – from Scotland and Finland to Italy, Germany and Norway – the authors examine the structural, contextual and political factors shaping labour shortages. Using social democratic, neoliberal and corporatist welfare models, they present a compelling rationale for renewed investment and long-term growth in public services.

An original contribution to workforce theory, this book provides actionable strategies for tackling staff shortages and building resilient systems – offering both a diagnosis of the workforce crisis and a way forward for its resolution.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Antero Olakivi is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki.

Nigel Malin is Emeritus Professor of Health & Social Care at the University of Sunderland and an independent scholar. Between 2014 and 2021, he was Editor of Social Work & Social Sciences Review: An International Journal of Applied Research and Associate Editor for the British Journal of Learning Disabilities.

Marion Ellison is Reader in European Public Sociology and Social Policy at Queen Margaret University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Policy Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1447378466
• ISBN 13: 9781447378464
• Reliure: Tapa dura
• Nombre de pages: 324
• Éditeur: Malin Nigel, Ellison Marion
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Easy Access System Europe Oü, 16879218; gpsr.requests@easproject.com; ; Mustamäe tee 50, 10621, Tallinn, Estonia; Tallinn; 10621; Estonie