Understanding Care Policies in Changing Times: Experiences and Lessons from the Czech Republic and Norway
Understanding Care Policies in Changing Times: Experiences and Lessons from the Czech Republic and Norway
Contributor(s): Tomáš Sirovátka (Editor), Jana Válková (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Welfare systems, Family and social welfare, Gerontology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: care policy; Czech Republic; Norway; politics; work; care; family care; children; elderly;
Summary/Abstract: How do citizens form their political attitudes? How do political actors influence people’s political views in their everyday lives? Do people’s feelings towards political parties and politicians influence the public opinion? The book presents a series of laboratory experiments focused on the formation processes of citizens’ attitudes to political issues in the context of their emotional attachments to political actors. The research puts emphasis on negativity and negative feelings of citizens towards political actors and shows that this type of negative attachment influences the way people think about political issues. Since the experimental method is a newcomer in the field of Czech political science, the volume’s ambition is also to introduce experiments as a relevant and useful tool for extending knowledge of substantial political processes and phenomena.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-80-210-8566-4
- Page Count: 236
- Publication Year: 2017
- Language: English
Understanding care services in changing times
Understanding care services in changing times
(Understanding care services in changing times)
- Author(s):Tomáš Sirovátka, Jana Válková
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics, Welfare systems, Health and medicine and law
- Page Range:27-54
- No. of Pages:28
- Keywords:care services; social policy; theoretical framework;
- Summary/Abstract:In this chapter we provide a theoretical framework for understanding two issues central to this book. First, this is the role of care services in the current societal and social policy context, in relation to new social risks, work-life balance and well-being. The second issue is what the factors/ drivers are that explain the recent and current developments of care services in contemporary European societies.
Care policies and governance in Norway and the Czech Republic
Care policies and governance in Norway and the Czech Republic
(Care policies and governance in Norway and the Czech Republic)
- Author(s):Pavel Horák, Markéta Horáková, Marie Louise Seeberg, Jorunn Theresia Jessen
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics, Welfare systems, Health and medicine and law
- Page Range:55-86
- No. of Pages:32
- Keywords:Norway; Czech Republic; care; policy; politics;
- Summary/Abstract:This chapter is devoted to the comparison of design and governance of contemporary childcare and eldercare policies in Norway and the Czech Republic, countries that face historically similar (although not equal) structures of in-need populations. In the case of childcare, both countries are similar regarding the parental behaviour of the population, the proportion of preschool children to the total population (3–4 percent), most of whom grow up in two-parent households (52 percent in Norway, 38 percent in the Czech Republic in 2014), and the proportion of children with disabilities or other specific needs (under 10 percent of children living in at-risk-of-poverty households in Norway, and under 15 percent of such children in the Czech Republic) (ČSÚ 2015; Statistics Norway 2015). In case of eldercare, the populations in Norway and in the Czech Republic are ageing like in other European countries (15.9 percent of people are above 65 years in Norway and 17.4 percent in the Czech Republic in 2014) due to the long-term decline in fertility and the increasing life expectancy. This situation is expected to continue in the coming decades (more than 21 percent of the population is expected to be older than 65 in Norway and more than 27 percent in the Czech Republic in the year 2050) (Eurostat 2015).
Providing care services: strategies of key actors in childcare and eldercare in the Czech Republic
Providing care services: strategies of key actors in childcare and eldercare in the Czech Republic
(Providing care services: strategies of key actors in childcare and eldercare in the Czech Republic)
- Author(s):Jana Válková, Kateřina Kubalčíková
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics, Governance, Welfare systems, Gerontology
- Page Range:87-114
- No. of Pages:28
- Keywords:care services; childcare; eldercare; Czech Republic;
- Summary/Abstract:In this chapter, we summarise the findings regarding objectives, needs and existing solutions in child- and eldercare in views of care funders, regulators, formal care providers and other national level stakeholders. We are interested in various aspects of governance in care services and the analysis is conducted along the lines of perceived challenges in regulation, service delivery and financing (Sirovátka and Greve 2014). Given the multilevel character of care services governance, the chapter aims to explore the compatibility of various actors’ views and their capacity to act and cooperate within the existing policy context.
Providing care services: strategies of key actors and emerging policy change in Norway
Providing care services: strategies of key actors and emerging policy change in Norway
(Providing care services: strategies of key actors and emerging policy change in Norway)
- Author(s):Marie Louise Seeberg, Jorunn Theresia Jessen
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics, Governance, Welfare systems, Gerontology
- Page Range:115-134
- No. of Pages:20
- Keywords:care services; key actors; strategies; policy; Norway;
- Summary/Abstract:In Norway, key actors in eldercare and key actors in childcare do not as a rule coordinate their work across the two care fields. On the contrary, each of the two fields appears to be anchored in sets of policy history that do not, at any recent point in time, converge. Yet they are both part of the same political and social development. Family care strategies and public care regimes are mutually constituted, so that changes in the one will necessarily lead to changes in the other. Comparing the two care fields within one country is especially useful in bringing out the characteristics of each field. In the present chapter, we shall look into some of the implications of the dynamics between family care and public care regimes on the macro level, with emphasis on gender equality both on the labour market and in the family as an explicit and undisputed political goal. In so doing, we build on Daly (2002), especially on her discussion about the implications of care provision for society and on her typology for provision of care. The former draws attention to the implications for gender and ethnic equity. The latter facilitates a comparison of two policy fields that, in spite of being contemporaneous parts of the same welfare state, are organized and understood very differently.
Balancing acts: Family care strategies and policy frameworks in the Czech Republic
Balancing acts: Family care strategies and policy frameworks in the Czech Republic
(Balancing acts: Family care strategies and policy frameworks in the Czech Republic)
- Author(s):Blanka Plasová, Kateřina Kubalčíková
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics, Welfare systems, Family and social welfare
- Page Range:135-159
- No. of Pages:25
- Keywords:family care; Czech Republic; policy;
- Summary/Abstract:As is deeply discussed in Chapter 1, childcare and/or eldercare stand at the intersection of the state, the market and the family (Daly and Lewis 2000). From the micro-perspective, it is then important how families/ caregivers cope with care requirements in a contemporary society characterized by an aging population together with increased life expectancy, growing labour market participation of women (as traditional caregivers), enforcement of gender equality and welfare state changes (permanent austerity trends, expansion of the service sector) (e.g. Esping-Andersen 2009; Blome et al. 2009). Thus, we firstly explore how families organize care, what kind of care they provide to their children and dependent elderly members, how the responsibilities and tasks are shared, and how they combine caregiving with other commitments in their daily lives such as paid work and family life. The question of care arrangements, work-family balance and expectations of family caregivers is relatively open in expert and public debates in the case of the childcare field (e.g. Křížková and Vohlídalová 2009); however, the study of care provided by families to older adults is a recent focus in the Czech Republic (e.g. Jeřábek 2013; Havlíková 2012). In our data, we found several models in child- as well as in eldercare arrangements which we introduce below.
Balancing acts: Policy frameworks and family care strategies in Norway
Balancing acts: Policy frameworks and family care strategies in Norway
(Balancing acts: Policy frameworks and family care strategies in Norway)
- Author(s):Margunn Bjørnholt, Kari Stefansen, Liridona Gashi, Marie Louise Seeberg
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics, Welfare systems, Family and social welfare
- Page Range:161-184
- No. of Pages:24
- Keywords:policy; care; family care; strategy; Norway;
- Summary/Abstract:What is the practical and emotional reality of combining paid work and care in a highly developed universal welfare state with high levels of employment of women and strong institutional and ideological support for the dual earner–dual carer model? In this chapter we explore this question using Norway as a case, and drawing on qualitative interviews with both parents of young children and adults who have care responsibilities for older family members or relatives.
Work-family squeeze in Norway and the Czech Republic: On the prevalence and consequences of care and work combinations in two different contexts
Work-family squeeze in Norway and the Czech Republic: On the prevalence and consequences of care and work combinations in two different contexts
(Work-family squeeze in Norway and the Czech Republic: On the prevalence and consequences of care and work combinations in two different contexts)
- Author(s):Thomas Hansen, Jana Válková
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics, Welfare systems, Family and social welfare
- Page Range:185-208
- No. of Pages:24
- Keywords:care; work; work-family; Norway; Czech Republic; policy;
- Summary/Abstract:Population ageing profoundly changes the balance between generations in developed countries. Governments are responding with policies to promote active ageing (e.g. later retirement) and intergenerational solidarity (i.e. family care) (Daatland et al. 2010; Huber et al. 2009). However, these goals may be hard to reconcile for people in midlife who have to balance work and family obligations to parents or children. The plight of midlife caregivers confronted with multiple role responsibilities raises concerns over their psychological well-being.
Conclusions
Conclusions
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- Author(s):Tomáš Sirovátka, Jana Válková, Marie Louise Seeberg
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics, Governance, Welfare systems, Family and social welfare, Gerontology
- Page Range:209-232
- No. of Pages:24
- Keywords:care; policy; Norway; Czech Republic; children; elderly; conclusions;
- Summary/Abstract:In this final chapter, we aim to interpret the findings presented in the individual chapters of the book within the theoretical frame outlined in Chapter 1. We assess the main findings regarding the current development of childcare and eldercare policies in the Czech Republic and Norway, the discourses of the policy actors in both countries, and the strategies and views of families that are providing and ensuring care for children and elderly persons. Lastly, we discuss some possibilities for policy changes or innovations that might facilitate the combination of family care with paid employment.
Index
Index
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- Author(s):Author Not Specified
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics, Welfare systems, Family and social welfare
- Page Range:233-236
- No. of Pages:4
- Keywords:index;