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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Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2011

ISBN

9780230307612

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Sociology

Index

Social Sciences

Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
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 Care
9 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