Varieties of familialism: The caring function of the family in comparative perspective

Leitner, Sigrid

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“…Different analysts have different views on the notion of defamilisation (Esping-Andersen, 1999;Korpi, 2000;Lister, 1994;Leitner, 2003;McLaughlin and Glendinning, 1994). In responding to these different views, Bambra (2007) has presented two different interpretations of defamilisation.…”

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“…The first interpretation stresses the 'freedom of family'. For example, Leitner (2003) regards defamilisation as unburdening the family of its caring function. Esping-Andersen (1999, p. 51) defines defamilisation as the extent to which households' welfare and caring responsibilities are relaxed either via welfare provision, or via market provision.…”

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“…Esping-Andersen (1999, p. 51) defines defamilisation as the extent to which households' welfare and caring responsibilities are relaxed either via welfare provision, or via market provision. Both Leitner (2003) and Esping-Andersen (1999) are concerned with how to reduce the caring responsibilities of the family through defamilisation measures such as public provision of child care services (Bambra, 2007;Leitner, 2005). The direct target of defamilisation services under this interpretation is the family.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One of the key criticisms is concerned with the gender insensitivity of his classification (Korpi, 2010;Kroger, 2011;Leitner, 2003;Sainsbury, 1999). Feminist analysts argue that the study of the decommodification of labour gives insufficient consideration to the difficulties faced by women in the pursuit of paid employment (Lister, 1994;Orloff, 1993).…”

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“…Unsurprisingly, there is a search for effective measures that could create favourable conditions for women to take part in the paid labour market (Chzhen, 2010;Daly, 2011;Korpi, 2000Korpi, , 2010Kroger, 2011;Leitner, 2003;Lohmann and Zagel, 2016;Thévenon, 2013). This paper continues these discussions.…”

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Defamilisation measures and women's labour force participation – a comparative study of twelve countries

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(150 words)This paper examines the relevance of two interpretations of defamilisation (the 'freedom of family' and the 'freedom of women from the family') to the search for effective measures for strengthening women's participation in the paid labour market. Based on these two interpretations, two types of defamilisation measures (care-focused and women's) are identified. Two defamilisation indices are developed respectively covering twelve countries.The importance of the two types of defamilisation measures in assisting women to access employment are discussed from two angles. The input anglerefers to the extent to which countries are committed to the provision of these two defamilisation measures. The output angle is about the relationship between the two defamilisation measures and the degree of women's participation in the paid labour market. Through conducting these analytical tasks, this paper also contributes to the examination of the relationship between types of welfare regimes and the provision of defamilisation measures.

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Section: Defamilisationmentioning

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Section: Defamilisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Defamilisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Good, the Bad and the Confusing: The Political Economy of Social Care Expansion in South Korea

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Gender Redistributive Policies

Roth

2016

The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies

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Gender redistributive policies seek to achieve gender equality and address the causes and consequences of a gendered division of labor. Three strategies can be distinguished: first, strategies seeking to provide formally equal access and to remove barriers and discrimination; second, strategies acknowledging the gendered division of labor and addressing the consequences of unpaid care work; and, third, strategies anticipating the gendered impact of policies. Parental leave and day care policies address the double burden of employed parents and seek to ease the reconciliation of employment and unpaid care work. Familialistic and de‐familializing welfare states can be distinguished. Various types of familialism regulate gender relations. Tax and pension systems also have gender redistributive effects. Gender mainstreaming and gender assessment seeks to anticipate and prevent the potentially unequal impact of policies on men and women.

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Varieties of familialism: The caring function of the family in comparative perspective

Cited by 737 publications

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Defamilisation measures and women's labour force participation – a comparative study of twelve countries

Defamilisation measures and women's labour force participation – a comparative study of twelve countries

The Good, the Bad and the Confusing: The Political Economy of Social Care Expansion in South Korea

Gender Redistributive Policies

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