Beschreibung:
Provisioning for basic human needs is done in three main kind of institutions: the familial household; the commercial enterprise selling goods and services; the institutions of the Welfare State that provide education, medical care and other goods and personal services. The purpose of this book is to study the interplay of these institutions and their impact on well-being, and to analyze key policies and measures that have been implemented in European countries.
1: Gender and Well-being; I: Gender and Welfare Regimes; 2: Gender and Social Citizenship in Historical Perspective; 3: Scandinavian Gender Equality; 4: Too Much Family and Too Much Gender Inequality; 5: A Social-reproduction and Well-being Approach to Gender Budgets; II: Gender, Well-being and the Provision of Care; 6: Home Care and Cash Transfers; 7: Transnational Caregiving between Australia, Italy and El Salvador; 8: A Good Step Forward, but Not Far Enough; III: Gender and Well-being in the Labour Market; 9: Gender (In)equality in the Labour Market and the Southern European Welfare States; 10: Reconciliation of Work and Family in Greece; 11: Perceived Work-life Conflict among Swedish Dual-earner Families; 12: What Makes French Employees So Happy with their Balance between Family and Work?