Europeanization, Care and Gender Global Complexities

by Kovalainen, Anne; Keränen, Marja; Dahl, Hanne Marlene Marlene; Keranen, Marja; Kernen, Marja

• ISBN13: 9780230299696
• ISBN10: 0230299695
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This collection addresses the complexity of care arrangements in contemporary Europe, developing new insights into debates about the care crisis, gender equality, the division of work and the reconciliation of care and work.

Author Biography

Hanne Marlene Dahl is a Political Scientist at the University of Roskilde, Denmark. Marja Kernen is a Political Scientist at the University of Jyvskyl, Finland. Anne Kovalainen is an Economic Sociologist at the University of Turku, Finland and Visiting Fellow at Stanford University, USA and, the London School of Economics, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction; H.Dahl, M.Keränen & A.Kovalainen
PART I: THE EUROPEANIZATION OF CARE
Double Subsidiarity, Double Trouble?: Allocating Care Responsibilities in the EU through Social Dialogue; K.Nousiainen
Care, Migration and Citizenship: Migration and Home-based Care in Europe; F.Williams 
The Regulation of Paid, Domestic Work: A Win-win Situation or a Reproduction of Social Inequalities? M.Hrzenjak
PART II: THE COMPLEXITY OF CARE
Family Policy and Welfare Regimes; T.Boje & A.Ejrnæs
Modes of Care and Mothering: How does Citizenship and Care Intersect in the Lives of Mothers and Disabled Children?; J.Mclaughlin
From Traditional to Modern Care? The Case of Intellectually Disabled and Mentally Ill in Modern Lithuania; E.Sumskiene
Changing Conceptions of Citizenship and Care in Finnish Policy Discourse on Reconciliation on Work and Family Life; K.Eräranta
PART III: THE NEO-COLONIAL CARE RELATIONS IN EUROPE
Gendering the Stranger: Nomadic care Workers in Europe: A Polish-italian Example; L.Isaksen
Migrant Women and Defamilialisation in the Spanish Welfare State; S.Climent
Privatizing Neo-Colonialism: Migrant Domestic Care Workers, Partial Citizenship and Responsibility; J.Tronto 
Concluding Remarks; H. Dahl, M.Keränen & A.Kovalainen
Bibliography
Index