Children, Changing Families and Welfare States

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

The nature of the relationship between children, parents and the state has been central to the growth of the modern welfare state and has long been a problem for western liberal democracies. Welfare states have undergone profound restructuring over the past two decades and families also have changed, in terms of their form and the nature of the contributions that men and women make to them. More attention is being paid to children by policymakers, but often because of their importanceas future 'citizen workers'. The book explores the implications of changes to the welfare state for children in a range of countries. Children, Changing Families and Welfare States:examines the implications of social policies for childrensets the discussion in the broader context of both family change and welfare state change, exploring the nature of the policy debate that has allowed the welfare of the child to come to the foretackles policies to do with both the care and financial support of childrenlooks at the household level and how children fare when both adult men and women must seek to combine paid and unpaid work, and what support is offered by welfare statesendeavours to provide a comparative perspective on these issues.The contributors have written a book that will be warmly welcomed by scholars and researchers of social policy, social work and sociology and students at both the advanced undergraduate and post-graduate level.

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Utgivningsdatum:2008-05-30
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781847209870

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Edited by Jane Lewis, formerly Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics, UK

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'As welfare states grow up, they begin to think more carefully about their future. Jane Lewis is showing them how best to do so. This stellar collection of articles by top European scholars combines creative thinking about the new social investment state with impressive empirical research on specific forms of public support for family work.'

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Contents:1. Introduction: Children in the Context of Changing Families and Welfare StatesJane LewisPART I: CHILDREN AS A SOCIAL INVESTMENT2. The LEGO™ Paradigm and New Social Risks: Consequences for ChildrenJane Jenson3. An Agenda for Children: Investing in the Future or Promoting Well-being in the Present?Ruth ListerPART II: PAYING FOR CHILDREN4. Child Benefit Packages in 15 Countries in 2004Jonathan Bradshaw5. Paying for the Costs of Children in Eight North European Countries: Ambivalent TrendsUlla Björnberg6. Paying for Children: Current Issues and Implications of Policy DebatesFran BennettPART III: CARING FOR CHILDREN7. Cultures of Childhood and the Relationship of Care and Employment in European Welfare StatesBirgit Pfau-Effinger8. From a Childcare to a Pedagogical Discourse – Or Putting Care in its PlacePeter Moss9. The OECD and the Work/Family Reconciliation Agenda: Competing FramesRianne MahonPART IV: CHILDREN AND THE SEARCH FOR A WORK–LIFE BALANCE10. Childcare in a Changing World: Policy Responses to Working Time Flexibility in FranceMarie-Thérèse Letablier11. Work Life Balance from the Children’s PerspectiveUte Klammer12. Squeezed between Two Agendas: Work and Childcare in the Flexible UKDiane Perrons13. Men and Women’s Agency and Capabilities to Create a Work Life Balance in Diverse and Changing Institutional ContextsBarbara Hobson, Ann-Zolfe Duvander and Karin HalldénIndex