Combining Paid Work and Family Care

ISBN 10: 1447306821 / ISBN 13: 9781447306825

Published by The Policy Press, 2014

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pp. 256 Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Combining Paid Work and Family Care
• Publisher: The Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447306821
• ISBN 13: 9781447306825
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

As populations age around the world, increasing efforts are required from both families and governments to secure care and support for older and disabled people.At the same time both women and men are expected to increase and lengthen their participation in paid work, which makes combining caring and working a burning issue for social and employment policy and economic sustainability.

International discussion about the reconciliation of work and care has previously focused mostly on childcare. Combining paid work and family care widens the debate, bringing into discussion the experiences of those providing support to their partners, older relatives and disabled or seriously ill children. The book analyses the situations of these working carers in Nordic, liberal and East Asian welfare systems. Highlighting what can be learned from individual experiences, the book analyses the changing welfare and labour market policies which shape the lives of working carers in Finland, Sweden, Australia, England, Japan and Taiwan.

About the Author

Sue Yeandle OBE is Professor of Sociology at the Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities, University of Sheffield, and Founding Editor (2016–24) of the International Journal of Care and Caring.