Care Between Work and Welfare in European Societies

ANNELI ANTTONEN Professor in Social Policy and Doctor of Social Sciences at the University of Tampere, Finland BLANCHE LE BIHAN Researcher in the School of Public Health, EHESP, France GUAdegreeNAu BJA-RK EYDAL Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Iceland, Iceland TEPPO KRA-GER Senior Lecturer of Social Work at the University of Tampere, Finland INGELA NAUMANN Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh, UK BARBARA DA ROIT Assistant Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands STEVEN SAXONBERG Professor of Sociology at the University of Brno, Czech Republic MAIKE SMIDT University of Hamburg, Germany MINNA ZECHNER University of Tampere, Finland

This book provides insights into the theoretical framework of 'tensions' related to care for children and the elderly. It analyzes if, and under what conditions, welfare state reforms have contributed to strengthening existing tensions, creating new tensions, or relaxing such tensions.This book provides insights into the theoretical framework of 'tensions' related to care for children and the elderly. It analyzes if, and under what conditions, welfare state reforms have contributed to strengthening existing tensions, creating new tensions, or relaxing such tensions.