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Combining Paid Work and Family Care: Policies and Experiences in International Perspective
Teppo Kr Ger
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Hardback.
As populations age around the world, increasing efforts are required from both families and governments to secure care and support for older and disabled people.At the same time both women and men are expected to increase and lengthen their participation in paid work, which makes combining caring and working a burning issue for social and employment policy and economic sustainability. International discussion about the reconciliation of work and care has previously focused mostly on childcare. Combining paid work and family care widens the debate, bringing into discussion the experiences of those providing support to their partners, older relatives and ... Read more
As populations age around the world, increasing efforts are required from both families and governments to secure care and support for older and disabled people.At the same time both women and men are expected to increase and lengthen their participation in paid work, which makes combining caring and working a burning issue for social and employment policy and economic sustainability. International discussion about the reconciliation of work and care has previously focused mostly on childcare. Combining paid work and family care widens the debate, bringing into discussion the experiences of those providing support to their partners, older relatives and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447306818
SKU
V9781447306818
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Ref
99-50
About Teppo Kr Ger
Teppo Kröger is Professor of Social and Public Policy at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, where he studies ageing, disability, informal and formal care as well as childcare from local, national and international perspectives. Sue Yeandle is Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds, UK, where she researches the relationship between work and family life, employment and social policies ... Read more
Reviews for Combining Paid Work and Family Care: Policies and Experiences in International Perspective
"Providing knowledge of the conditions of working carers that has relevance for the development of policies all over the globe." British Journal of Social Work "Highlight[s] the policy lessons to be learned from experiences of the reconciliation of work and care in various contexts." Work, Employment and Society "The clear, readable presentation of the large volume of data should win ... Read more