Gender, Social Care and Welfare State Restructuring in Europe

Gender, Social Care and Welfare State Restructuring in Europe
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9780429849404
ISBN-13 : 0429849400
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Book Synopsis Gender, Social Care and Welfare State Restructuring in Europe by : Jane Lewis

Download or read book Gender, Social Care and Welfare State Restructuring in Europe written by Jane Lewis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1998. Social provision in all European countries has faced increasing scrutiny during the 1990s. Focusing on gendered aspects of welfare state restructuring, each contributor examines the way in which the welfare state of his or her country has been restructed over the past decade, concentrating on services for elderly people and for children. Each chapter outlines the shifts in the mixed economy of welfare and describes the degree to which there has been greater decentralization moves towards a different style of public management or the introduction of market principles. The changes in the provision of services for elderly people and children is described for the same period. Finally, women's position as paid providers of services, as unpaid carers and as recipients of services is analyzed. This book investigates the idea that the move towards "marketization" in many countries is having a disproportionately detrimental effect on women whose leverage on the market tends to be weak.


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