1st Edition

Work and Care under Pressure Care Arrangements across Europe

Edited By Blanche Le Bihan, Claude Martin, Trudie Knijn Copyright 2013
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

In many European countries tensions have arisen between the demands of the labor market and the caregiving responsibilities workers must fulfill at home. Examining these tensions, Work and Care under Pressure focuses on two groups of people who must juggle work and caregiving: parents of young children who work nonstandard hours and working adults who care for older parents. Based on empirical... Read more

1 Introduction Workers under pressure and social care arrangements 2 Work-family balance in the Netherlands 3 Negotiating gender equality, atypical work hours and caring responsibilities 4 Caregiving and paid work in Germany 5 Working caregivers ‘living under pressure’ in France 6 Negotiating work and care in a changing welfare regime 7 Blurring boundaries and clashing loyalties 8 The changing mix of care in six European countries, About the Contributors.

Biography

Claude Martin is research professor at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Chair of Social Care at EHESP in Paris, France. Trudie Knijn is professor of sociology at the University of Utrecht.