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In many developed welfare states, consumers of social services are increasingly given money rather than services so that they can buy in their own care. This book explores the implications of these trends, not just for the older consumers but also for the workers involved, through cross-national case studies.

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CLARE UNGERSON is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Southampton, UK, and Honorary Professor at the University of Kent, UK. She is editor of Women and Social Policy: A Reader, co-editor of Public Policy and Social Welfare: A Comparative Overview and author of Policy is Personal: Sex, Gender and Informal Care. SUE YEANDLE is Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds. She is co-editor of Employed Carers and Family-Friendly Employment Policies and Line Managers and Family-Friendly Employment and author of Women's Working L

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