This paper examines whether it is possible to recognise specific patterns of institutionally
regulated downward (towards children) and upward (towards the old) intergenerational …

With the extensive long-term care services for older people, the Nordic countries have been
labelled 'caring states' as reported (Leira, Welfare state and working mothers: the …

Migrant care workers play a significant role in meeting the escalating demand for social care
in the UK. Workforce shortages create opportunities for new migrants to enter the social care …

A broad-ranging introduction to the provision, funding and governance of health care across
a variety of systems. This revised fifth edition incorporates additional material on low/middle …

International covenants and domestic social policies in most developed countries regard
people with intellectual disability as citizens with equal rights, suggesting they should have …

Population ageing implies the ageing of family and kinship networks. Because the absolute
number of the frail elderly is set to increase, notwithstanding the increase in life expectancy …

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in-though an insufficient
understanding of-changes in the governance of welfare and related governance regimes …

Family-related migration is moving to the centre of political debates on migration, integration
and multiculturalism in Europe. It is also more and more leading to lively academic interest …

The discussion on the existence and nature of the welfare regimes of Western democracies
has been ongoing for more than 15 years, and many significant contributions have been …

This article is about the transnational movement of policy discourses on childcare. It
considers whether the spread of neoliberal ideas with their emphasis on marketisation, on …