How welfare states care culture, gender, and parenting in Europe
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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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[Amsterdam] :
Amsterdam University Press
c2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Changing welfare states.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009431126106719 |
Table of 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
