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The Transformation of Care in European Societies

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  1. Margarita León

    1. Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Margarita León
      Pages 1-7

  3. Contextualising the Transformation of Care Across Europe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Pressures towards and within Universalism: Conceptualising Change in Care Policy and Discourse

      • Margarita León, Costanzo Ranci, Tine Rostgaard
      Pages 11-33

    3. Cross-national Variations in Care and Care as a Labour Market

      • Margarita León, Emmanuele Pavolini, Tine Rostgaard
      Pages 34-61

    4. Migrant Care Work in Europe: Variety and Institutional Determinants

      • Franca van Hooren
      Pages 62-82

    5. Explaining Differences in Child Care and Women’s Employment across Six European ‘Gender Arrangements’

      • Birgit Pfau-Effinger
      Pages 83-103

    6. Support for Government Intervention in Child Care across European Countries

      • Heejung Chung, Bart Meuleman
      Pages 104-133

    7. Support to the Elderly and Caring Regimes: An Analysis of Patterns of Informal Support and their Determinants in Six European Countries

      • Marco Albertini
      Pages 134-157

  4. National case-studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. The Transnationalisation of Older Care in Austria

      • August Österle
      Pages 161-181

    3. Nordic Care and Care Work in the Public Service Model of Denmark: Ideational Factors of Change

      • Tine Rostgaard
      Pages 182-207

    4. Day Care Trends for Children under Three Years in Germany

      • Pia S. Schober
      Pages 208-232

    5. Long-term and Child Care Policies in Italy between Familism and Privatisation

      • Costanzo Ranci, Stefania Sabatinelli
      Pages 233-255

    6. Transformation of Elderly Care in Poland

      • Jolanta Perek-Białas, Mariola Racław
      Pages 256-275

    7. Early Childhood Education and Care Provision in Spain

      • Zyab Ibáñez, Margarita León
      Pages 276-300

    8. Divisions of Care Labour: Care for Older People and Migrant Workers in England

      • Isabel Shutes
      Pages 301-323

    9. Similar Trends, Different Responses: The Transformation of Care in European Societies

      • Margarita León
      Pages 324-337

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 338-346
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About this book

This book aims to explore the nature and extent of the 'care deficit' problem in European societies and how effective the different care systems are in dealing with these problems through policy innovation. It combines theoretical and conceptual debates, cross-national comparisons and analytically-driven case studies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

    Margarita León

About the editor

Margarita León, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Spain Marco Albertini, University of Bologna, Italy Heejung Chung, University of Kent, UK Zyab Ibañez, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Spain Bart Meuleman, University of Leuven, Belgium August Österle, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria and Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary Emmanuele Pavolini, University of Macerata, Italy Jolanta Perek-Bia?as, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland and Jagiellonian University, Poland Birgit Pfau-Effinger, University of Hamburg, Germany and University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Mariola Raclaw, Warsaw University, Poland Costanzo Ranci, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy Tine Rostgaard, Aalborg University, Denmark Stefania Sabatinelli, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy Pia Schober, German Institute for Economic Research, Germany Isabel Shutes, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Franca van Hooren, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Amsterdam University College, The Netherlands

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