1st Edition
Care Work in Europe Current Understandings and Future Directions
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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Care Work in Europe provides a cross-national and cross-sectoral study of care work in Europe today, covering policy, provision and practice, as well as exploring how care work is conceptualized and understood. Drawing on a study which looks at care work across the life course in a number of European countries, this book:
explores the context and emerging policy agendas
provides an... Read more
1. Introduction: Context and Methods 2. The Care Workforce: Structure, Profile and Work Conditions 3. What is Care Work About: Understandings and Practices 4. Education and Competence for Care Work 5. Gender Issues for Male and Female Care Workers 6. Quality of Employment and Job Satisfaction 7.Conclusions, Questions and Implications
Biography
Claire Cameron is a researcher at Thomas Coram Research Unit, University of London.
Peter Moss is Professor of Early Childhood Provision at the Institute of Education, University of London.
