A Care Crisis in the Nordic Welfare States?

Care Work, Gender Equality and Welfare State Sustainability

Laura Horn editor Lise Lotte Hansen editor Hanne Marlene Dahl editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bristol University Press

Published:29th Nov '21

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In this insightful collection, academic experts consider the impact of neoliberal policies and ideology on the status of care work in Nordic countries. With new research perspectives and empirical analyses, it assesses challenges for care work including technologies, management and policy-making.

Arguing that there is a care crisis even in the supposedly feminist Nordic ‘nirvana’, this book explores understandings of the care crisis, the serious consequences for gender equality and the hitherto neglected effects on the long-term sustainability of the Nordic welfare states.

This astute take on the Nordic welfare model provides insights into what the Nordic experience can tell us about wider international issues in care.

“Even in the Nordic states, a care crisis is brewing. The authors expose crisis points in health, elderly and child care and offer perspectives to alleviate these crises.” Joan Tronto, University of Minnesota

ISBN: 9781447361343

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218 pages