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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464286103321

Titolo

Work and care under pressure : care arrangements across Europe / / edited by Blanche Le Bihan, Claude Martin, Trudie Knijn [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2013

ISBN

90-485-1916-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Care & Welfare

Disciplina

306.36

Soggetti

Work and family - Europe

Caregivers - Family relationships - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jan 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Workers under pressure and social care arrangements - a research framework / Trudie Knijn, Claude Martin and Blanche Le Bihan -- Work-family balance in the Netherlands: work and care culture mediating between institutions and practices / Trudie Knijn and Barbara Da Roit -- Negotiating gender equality, atypical work hours and caring responsibilities: the case of Sweden / Sofia Björk, Ulla Björnberg and Hans Ekbrand -- Caregiving and paid work in Germany: the impact of social inequality / Wolfgang Keck, Christina Klenner, Sabine Neukirch and Chiara Saraceno -- Working caregivers 'living under pressure' in France / Blanche Le Bihan, Claude Martin and Arnaud Campéon -- Negotiating work and care in a changing welfare regime: the case of Portugal / Karin Wall, Sanda Samitca and Sónia Correia -- Blurring boundaries and clashing loyalties: working and caring in Italy / Manuela Naldini, Elisabetta Donati and Barbara Da Roit -- The changing mix of care in six European countries / Manuella Naldini, Karin Wall and Blanche Le Bihan.

Sommario/riassunto

In many European countries tensions have arisen between the demands of the labor market and the caregiving responsibilities workers must fulfill at home. Examining these tensions, 'Work and Care under Pressure' focuses on two groups of people who must juggle work and caregiving: parents of young children who work nonstandard hours and working adults who care for older parents. Based on empirical evidence



from six European countries, this volume sheds light on the social effects of national policies and the choices made by caregivers. It is an essential resource for researchers, scholars, and policy makers interested in social policy.