Overstretched European Families Up Against the Demands of Work and Care [WorldCat Entities]

"Combining work and care responsibilities is a challenge faced by families in many industrialized nations."@en
"Overstretched provides fresh perspectives on the reality of European family life where care and paid work need to be woven together on a daily basis, offering an opportunity to discuss and evaluate care policies in a new light.A collection of essays providing new perspectives on the reality of European family life where care and paid work need to be woven together on a daily basis. Focuses on families who live under strained conditions, such as lone parent families, immigrant families, and families who care simultaneously for both their children and an elderly family member. Based on interview."
"Combining work and care responsibilities is a challenge faced by families in many industrialized nations. This volume focuses on the everyday life of families who live under particularly strained conditions; that is, lone parent families, immigrant families, dual career families, and families who care simultaneously for both their children and an elderly family member. It provides a new perspective on the reality of European family life where care and paid work need to be woven together on a daily basis. The book develops methods for doing comparative qualitative analysis in practice, bringing an original approach to social research. It offers new insights into the perennial problems of gender balance in caring, and the significance of cultural notions and working hours to the organization of care. Overstretched is based on interviews with families from Finland, France, Italy, Portugal and the UK, and makes it possible to discuss care policies in these and other countries in a new light."@en
"Combining work and care responsibilities is a challenge faced by families in many industrialized nations. This volume focuses on the everyday life of families who live under particularly strained conditions; that is, lone parent families, immigrant families, dual career families, and families who care simultaneously for both their children and an elderly family member. It provides a new perspective on the reality of European family life where care and paid work need to be woven together on a daily basis. The book develops methods for doing comparative qualitative analysis in practice, bringing an original approach to social research. It offers new insights into the perennial problems of gender balance in caring, and the significance of cultural notions and working hours to the organization of care. Overstretched is based on interviews with families from Finland, France, Italy, Portugal and the UK, and makes it possible to discuss care policies in these and other countries in a new light. Table of Contents: -Editorial Introduction: European Families Stretched between the Demands of Work and Care; -Atypical Working Hours: Consequences for Childcare Arrangements; -Managing Work and Care: A Difficult Challenge for Immigrant Families; Combining Work and Family in Two Welfare State Contexts: A Discourse Analytical Perspective; Family Commitments under Negotiation: Dual Carers in Finland and Italy; Work and Care Strategies of European Families: Similarities or National Differences?; Caregiving in Transition in Southern Europe: Neither Complete Altruists nor Free Riders; Managing the Family: Productivity, Scheduling and the Male Veto."