Overstretched: European Families Up Against the Demands of Work and CareISBN: 978-1-4051-3212-1
Paperback
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.