Who cares?

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"By focusing on childcare and systematically comparing national experiences in Belgium, France, Italy, Sweden, and the European Union, Who Cares? provides detailed information on recent social policies and a clear perspective on welfare state redesign. Many countries have now designed childcare policies to reconcile family and work. Some encourage parents to provide their own childcare by granting parental leave; others encourage parents to stay at work by supporting childcare services. Using the case of childcare policy, the contributors to this volume examine how public policy choices over the last three decades have been fashioned by specific understandings of the gendered division of labour."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Government policy,  Mothers,  Child care,  Employment,  Work and family,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Social policy,  Politique sociale,  Social Work,  Social Security,  Conciliation de la vie professionnelle et familiale,  Social Services & Welfare,  Politique familiale,  Travail et famille,  Pays occidentaux,  Travail,  Travail des femmes,  Creches,  Garde d'enfants,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Politique de l'emploi,  Public Policy,  UE/CE Etats membres,  Meres,  Analyse comparative,  Politique gouvernementale,  Soins,  Enfants,  Mothers, employment

Places: Europe