The purpose of the edited collection Families in Economically Hard Times: Experiences and Coping Strategies in Europe is to provide readers with unique sociological knowledge on European families' experiences and behavioural strategies a decade after economic crisis of the 21st century.

Dr. Vida Česnuityte is Associated Professor of the Sociology at Mykolas Romeris University. Over fifteen years in various positions participate in research projects. Main research interests concern family conceptualization, family practices, family quality life, social policy, and social research methods. Prof. Gerardo Meil is Professor at Atonomous University of Madrid, and President of the European Society on Family Relations. His research fields include family lives, balancing working and private lives, gender studies, domestic violence, new family forms, job mobility, social policies and family policies.