Distributed for Amsterdam University Press
How Welfare States Care
Culture, Gender and Parenting in Europe
Paper $47.75
ISBN: 9789053569757
Published August 2007
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Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Working Women and the Question of Care and Culture in Europe 2. Cinderella and Snow White Are Fairy Tales: Linking Care and Citizenship 3. Policy or Culture? Explaining Women's Employment Differences in Europe 4. Citizenship in Practice: Work, Care, and Income 5. The Right to Give Care: Tax, Social Security, and Leave 6. The Right to Receive Care: The State of Childcare Services 7. After Full-Time Mother Care: Ideals of Care in Policy 8. How Welfare States Work: Ideals of Care in Practice 9. Conclusion: Care and the Cultural Dimension of Welfare States Appendix I: Governments in Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands and the UK 1980-2000 Appendix II: List of Interviewees Notes References
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