How welfare states care : culture, gender, and parenting in Europe / Monique Kremer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kremer, Monique.

Series:

Changing welfare states.

Changing welfare states

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mothers--Employment--Europe.

Mothers.

Child care--Government policy--Europe.

Child care.

Child care services--Europe.

Child care services.

Work and family--Europe.

Work and family.

Welfare state--Europe.

Welfare state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Indepth analysis of women's (and men's) employment and care patterns, as well as, child care services, taxation, leave schemes and social security in four different welfare states of Europe.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Working Women and the Question of Care and Culture in Europe; 2. Cinderella and Snow White Are Fairy Tales: Linking Care and Citizenship; 3. Policy or Culture? Explaining Women's Employment Differences in Europe; 4. Citizenship in Practice: Work, Care and Income; 5. The Right to Give Care: Tax, Social Security, and Leave; 6. The Right to Receive Care: The State of Childcare Services; 7. After Full-Time Mother Care: Ideals of Care in Policy; 8. How Welfare States Work: Ideals of Care in Practice

9. Conclusion: Care and the Cultural Dimension of Welfare States Appendix 1 Governments in Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands and the UK 1980-2000; Appendix 2 List of Interviewees; Notes; References; Index of Names; Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-293) and indexes.

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

9786611154332

9781281154330

1281154334

9789048501724

9048501725

OCLC:

231629359

Publisher Number:

10.5117/9789053569757