Part of an intergovernmental program funded by the European Union and the European Science Foundation, this book offers both theoretical reflection on how to analyze the formalization of care work and changes in informal care work, as well as empirical cross-national research on current processes of change in Europe, especially as related to processes of social marginalization or integration. After a pair of essays by editors Pfau-Effinger (sociology, U. of Hamburg, Germany) and Geissler (sociology, U. of Bielefeld, Germany) discussing recent European trends in care work, theoretical contributions explore issues of gender and transnational migration. Empirical studies then look at welfare-state policies towards care work in France, the Nordic states, and Austria, and the formalization of care work in Sweden, Germany, France, Slovenia, and the European Union as a whole. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This book provides invaluable descriptions and comparative analyses of the now complex and highly varied arrangements for the care of children, disabled and older people in Europe, set within the context of changing labour markets and welfare systems. Issues of gender, family change, social integration and citizenship are all explored in a series of chapters that report on original empirical, cross-national research.
This book provides invaluable descriptions and comparative analyses of the now complex and highly varied arrangements for the care of children, disabled and older people in Europe, set within the context of changing labour markets and welfare systems. It includes analyses of the modernisation of informal care and new forms of informal care, topics often neglected in the literature. Issues of gender, family change, social integration and citizenship are all explored in a series of chapters that report on original empirical, cross-national research. All contributors are high-ranking experts involved in the COST A13 Action Programme, funded by the European Union.Care and social integration in European societies is essential reading for social policy and sociology academics, particularly those who are interested in comparative policy analysis, gender, labour markets and families. It is also recommended reading for graduate level students in these fields and policy makers, for whom the book provides a unique resource on the latest European developments in this critical policy area.
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