{"product_id":"a-care-crisis-in-the-nordic-welfare-states-care-work-gender-equality-and-welfare-state-sustainability-transforming-care","title":"A Care Crisis in the Nordic Welfare States?: Care Work, Gender Equality and Welfare State Sustainability (Transforming Care)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e A Care Crisis in the Nordic Welfare States?: Care Work, Gender Equality and Welfare State Sustainability (Transforming Care) (Hardcover, 218 pages) – Policy Press, 2022. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This astute take on the Nordic welfare model provides insights into what the Nordic experience can tell us about wider international issues in care.\u003c\/p\u003e  \n        About the Author   Lise Lotte Hansen is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science and Business and head of the Center for Gender, Power \u0026amp; Diversity both at Roskilde University. She works with social justice perspectives on labour market issues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHanne Marlene Dahl is a professor at the Department of Social Science and Business at Roskilde University. She works with the state and the governance of care in a context of the Nordic welfare state and care regimes from a feminist perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaura Horn is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science and Business at Roskilde University. Her work is situated within critical political economy.      ","brand":"Lise Lotte Hansen, Hanne Marlene Dahl, Laura Horn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46069457649898,"sku":"9781447361343","price":132.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/7181DuOZVNL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781208370","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/a-care-crisis-in-the-nordic-welfare-states-care-work-gender-equality-and-welfare-state-sustainability-transforming-care","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}