Cash for care in developed welfare states / edited by Clare Ungerson and Sue Yeandle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ungerson, Clare.

Yeandle, Susan.

Series:

Future of Work series

The Future of Work series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Cross-cultural studies.

Social service.

Social policy--Cross-cultural studies.

Social policy.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave, 2007.

Contents:

Conceptualising cash for care : the origins of contemporary debates / Sue Yeandle and Clare Ungerson

Care allowances and the formalisation of care arrangements : the Austrian experience / August Österle and Elisabeth Hammer

Cash for care in the French welfare state : a skilful compromise? /Claude Martin and Blanche Le Bihan

The commodification of care - the Italian way / Cristiano Gori and Barbara Da Roit

Contracting one's family members : the Dutch care allowance / Marja Pijl and Clarie Ramakers

Issues in the development of the direct payments scheme for older people in England /Sue Yeandle and Bernadette Stiell

Mixed blessings : long-term care benefits in Germany /Ulrike Schneider and Carlos Reyes

Consumer-direction in an "ownership society" : an emerging paradigm for home and community care in the United States / Sharon M. Keigher

Conclusion : dilemmas, contradictions and change Clare Ungerson and Sue Yeandle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403935521

9781403935526

OCLC:

77520475

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