The project behind this book started shortly after Gender and Nation (1997, Sage) was
published, although it took quite a few years before it was crystallized into this format. In a …

This article builds on recent research on the fortunes of universalism in European social
policy by tracing the development of eldercare policy in four Nordic countries: Denmark …

What are the concepts and principles that underpin the design and delivery of social
policies? This thoroughly revised edition of a trusted text provides an authoritative …

New Public Management (NPM) is usually perceived as a homogeneous discourse.
However, when we examine it by looking at micro-politics in municipalities and understand …

This article contributes to the sociology of care-relational justice by identifying,
conceptualising and unpacking 'imposed volunteering'as a mechanism that shapes societal …

ActionAid International implemented an action-research programme on women's unpaid
care work in rural Nepal from March 2011 to December 2012. This social empowerment …

This chapter describes the organizational and social policy changes of the eldercare sector
in Sweden. It also describes data sources and methods used; gives the context for eldercare …

This paper reports the impact on nurses working in primary health care settings of changes
to the general practitioner (GP) contract in England implemented in 2004. Previous changes …

The article argues from a Nordic, feminist and poststructuralist position that feminist state
theories need to be developed methodologically. This claim is based on both theoretical …

This dissertation investigates the politics of care. Providing care, particularly for the elderly,
is becoming a major problem in many European countries. Dependency ratios are …