Abstract
Preferences for future care arrangements are rooted in current care provision as well as ongoing debates, but also indicate dissatisfaction with and limits to the existing care regimes. In Norway, childcare debates are about the equal division of parental leave, in Germany, about the recognition of women’s unpaid work, in the UK, about the importance of cutting costs and using childcare to encourage women into paid work, and in Slovenia about the need for affordable childcare to enable families to survive. Debates about eldercare focus more on the desirability of family care in richer countries and on excessive costs in poorer ones.
The balance between economic and social framings varies. In the UK and Slovenia the primary concerns are economic and to do with costs and parental opportunities in the labour market. In the other countries social arguments about gender equality, the recognition of women’s contribution and the quality of care also emerge.
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Chung, H., Hrast, M.F., Rakar, T. (2018). The Provision of Care: Whose Responsibility and Why?. In: Taylor-Gooby, P., Leruth, B. (eds) Attitudes, Aspirations and Welfare. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75783-4_6
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