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Author:   Teppo Kröger (Dept Social Science and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Finland) ,  Sue Yeandle (University of Sheffield, UK)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
ISBN:  

9781447306818

ISBN 10:   1447306813
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   30 April 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Reconciling work and care: an international analysis ~ Teppo Kröger and Sue Yeandle; The emergence of policy supporting working carers: developments in six countries ~ Sue Yeandle, Teppo Kröger et al; Part One: Working carers of older people; Family rediscovered? Working carers of older people in Finland and Sweden ~ Outi Jolanki, Marta Szebehely and Kaisa Kauppinen; Working carers of older people: steps toward securing adequate support in Australia and England? ~ Sue Yeandle and Bettina Cass; Struggling for recognition: working carers of older people in Japan and Taiwan ~ Frank T.Y. Wang, Masaya Shimmei, Yoshiko Yamada and Machiko Osawa; Part Two: Working parent-carers of disabled children; Parent-carers of disabled children in Finland and Sweden: socially excluded by a labour of love ~ Sonja Miettinen, Kristina Engwall and Antti Teittinen; Reconciling work and care for parent-carers of disabled children in Australia and England: uncertain progress ~ Sue Yeandle and kylie valentine; Parent-carers in Taiwan and Japan: lifelong caring responsibilities within a familistic welfare system ~ Yueh-Ching Chou, Toshiko Nakano, Heng-Hao Chang and Li-Fang Liang; Part Three: Working partner-carers; Reconciling partner-care and paid work in Finland and Sweden: challenges and coping strategies ~ Anu Leinonen and Ann-Britt Sand; 'In sickness and in health' and beyond: reconciling work and care for a partner in Australia and England ~ Gary Fry, Cathy Thomson and Trish Hill; Partner-care in the East Asian system: combining paid work and caring in Taiwan and Japan ~ Mei-Chun Liu and Machiko Osawa; Conclusions: Reconciling work and care for older parents, disabled children and partners: convergent or separate paths in three welfare systems? ~ Sue Yeandle and Teppo Kröger. 

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The international and intergenerational dimensions in this book add to our understanding of the complex negotiations between work and home life. Set in the context of changing labour markets and welfare states Sue Yeandle and Teppo Kroger have produced an excellent book which will be invaluable to academics and policy makers alike in addressing an increasing societal challenge of combining paid work and family care. It is a timely book written by leading authorities in this area. ---Professor Judith Phillips, Swansea University. Kroger and Yeandle have brought together leading researchers from across the globe to produce a landmark volume on the conflicts experienced between family care and employment. This is the most comprehensive international comparative study yet produced and will surely become the benchmark by which policies and policy research in the new century will be measured. ---Michael Fine, Adjunct Professor, Macquarie University, Australia.

The international and intergenerational dimensions in this book add to our understanding of the complex negotiations between work and home life. Set in the context of changing labour markets and welfare states Sue Yeandle and Teppo Kroger have produced an excellent book which will be invaluable to academics and policy makers alike in addressing an increasing societal challenge of combining paid work and family care. It is a timely book written by leading authorities in this area. ---Professor Judith Phillips, Swansea University. Kroger and Yeandle have brought together leading researchers from across the globe to produce a landmark volume on the conflicts experienced between family care and employment. This is the most comprehensive international comparative study yet produced and will surely become the benchmark by which policies and policy research in the new century will be measured. ---Michael Fine, Adjunct Professor, Macquarie University, Australia; Providing knowledge of the conditions of working carers that has relevance for the devlopment of policies all over the globe. British Journal of Social Work

Author Information

Teppo Krger is Professor of Social and Public Policy at the University of Jyvskyl, Finland, where he studies ageing, disability, informal and formal care as well as childcare from local, national and international perspectives. Sue Yeandle is Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds, UK, where she researches the relationship between work and family life, employment and social policies relevant to work-care reconciliation, and the gendered organisation of work.

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