Care Between Work and Welfare in European Societies [electronic resource] /
Pfau-Effinger, B.editor.
Rostgaard, T.editor.
This book provides insights into the theoretical framework of 'tensions' related to care for children and the elderly. It analyzes if, and under what conditions, welfare state reforms have contributed to strengthening existing tensions, creating new tensions, or relaxing such tensions.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figure; Series Preface; List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Tensions Related to Care in European Welfare States; 2 Theorizing Care and Care Work; 3 Family Childcare in the Cultural and Institutional Context of European Societies; 4 Tensions in Family Policies in Post-Communist Central Europe; 5 Nordic Childcare: A Response to Old and New Tensions?; 6 Tensions Related to the Transition of Elderly Care from an Unpaid to a Paid Activity; 7 Under Tension: Formal Care Work with Older People
8 Tensions Related to Care Migration: The South-North Divide of Long-Term Care9 Migrant Carers in Elder Care Provision: Interaction of Policy Fields; 10 Cash-for-Care Schemes and the Changing Role of Elderly People's Informal Caregivers in France and Italy; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides insights into the theoretical framework of 'tensions' related to care for children and the elderly. It analyzes if, and under what conditions, welfare state reforms have contributed to strengthening existing tensions, creating new tensions, or relaxing such tensions.
Political sociology.
Welfare state.
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Aging.
Well-being.
Children.
Comparative politics.
Political Sociology.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Aging.
Child Well-being.
Comparative Politics.