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Book SynopsisHighlighting what can be learned from individual experiences, the book analyses the changing welfare and labour market policies which shape the lives of working carers in Finland, Sweden, Australia, England, Japan and Taiwan.
Trade Review"Providing knowledge of the conditions of working carers that has relevance for the development of policies all over the globe." British Journal of Social Work
"Highlight[s] the policy lessons to be learned from experiences of the reconciliation of work and care in various contexts." Work, Employment and Society
"The clear, readable presentation of the large volume of data should win it a place on reading lists for undergraduate and graduate courses on social policy, citizenship and politics." People, Place and Policy
Table of ContentsReconciling 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.
