Gender, Social Care and Welfare State Restructuring in Europe
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Gender, Social Care and Welfare State Restructuring in Europe

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Gender, Social Care and Welfare State Restructuring in Europe

About this book

Published in 1998. Social provision in all European countries has faced increasing scrutiny during the 1990s. Focusing on gendered aspects of welfare state restructuring, each contributor examines the way in which the welfare state of his or her country has been restructed over the past decade, concentrating on services for elderly people and for children. Each chapter outlines the shifts in the mixed economy of welfare and describes the degree to which there has been greater decentralization moves towards a different style of public management or the introduction of market principles. The changes in the provision of services for elderly people and children is described for the same period. Finally, women's position as paid providers of services, as unpaid carers and as recipients of services is analyzed. This book investigates the idea that the move towards "marketization" in many countries is having a disproportionately detrimental effect on women whose leverage on the market tends to be weak.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781138316393
eBook ISBN
9780429849404
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Introduction: Conceptualising Social Care in the Context of Welfare State Restructuring
  9. 1 A More Caring State? The Implications of Welfare State Restructuring for Social Care in the Republic of Ireland
  10. 2 Gender, Care and the Changing Role of the State in the UK
  11. 3 Social Care in The Netherlands
  12. 4 The Politics of Care Policies in Germany
  13. 5 Caring for Very Young Children and Dependent Elderly People in France: Towards a Commodification of Social Care?
  14. 6 Restructuring Social Care in Italy
  15. 7 The Changing 'Welfare Mix' in Childcare and Care for the Frail Elderly in Norway
  16. 8 Paradoxes of Social Care Restructuring: The Finnish Case
  17. 9 Changing Divisions of Carework: Caring for Children and Frail Elderly People in Sweden