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UNINA9910146424303321 |
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Autore |
Kremer Monique |
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Titolo |
How welfare states care [[electronic resource] ] : culture, gender, and parenting in Europe / / Monique Kremer |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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[Amsterdam], : Amsterdam University Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-15433-4 |
9786611154332 |
90-485-0172-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (300 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mothers - Employment - Europe |
Child care - Government policy - Europe |
Child care services - Europe |
Work and family - Europe |
Welfare state - Europe |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-293) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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