Women, Welfare and Productivism in East Asia and Europe

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Developing the new framework of ‘life-mix’, which considers the mixed patterns of caring and working in different periods of life, this book systematically explores the interplay of productivism, women, care and work in East Asia and Europe. The book ranges across four key aspects of welfare — childcare, parental leave, employment support and pensions — to illustrate how policies affect women in various periods of their lives. Policy case studies from France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, South Korea, Sweden and the UK, show how welfare could support people’s caring and working lives. This book forms a prescient examination of how productivist thinking underpins regimes and impacts women’s welfare, care and work in both the East and West.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-07-29
Mått:156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:540 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781447357711

Utforska kategorier

Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Ruby C. M. Chau is Associate Professor in Public and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham. She is interested in welfare mix, women and welfare, culturally sensitive health and social care. Sam W. K. Yu is an independent researcher. His research focuses on welfare models, comparative social policy and East Asian welfare regimes.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction2. The theoretical foundation of the life-mix framework3. East Asian welfare regimes4. Policy case studies: childcare leave measures and ECEC5. Policy case study: pension measures6. Policy case study: ALMPs and alternatives7. Women’s life- mixes: insights from two qualitative studies in Hong Kong8. Creating favourable conditions for diverse life-mix preferences9. New dimensions to contemporary welfare ideas10. Conclusion