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Overstretched: European Families Up Against the Demands of Work and Care

Teppo Kröger (Editor), Jorma Sipilä (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-3212-1
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176 pages
July 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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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 interviews with families from Finland, France, Italy, Portugal and the UK.
  • Develops methods for doing comparative qualitative analysis in practice.
  • Offers new insights into the problems of gender balance in caring, and the significance of cultural notions and working hours.
  • Offers an opportunity to discuss and evaluate care policies in a new light.

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