Children, Gender and Families in Mediterranean Welfare States

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ajzenstadt, Mimi (Editor), Gal, John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Children¿s Well-Being: Indicators and Research, 2
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Medical research.; Social policy.; Sociology.; Quality of life.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Social Sciences.; Quality of Life Research.; Gender Studies.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Social Policy.

Recent decades have seen a growing sophistication in the study of welfare states and social policy in general. This greater depth has come about as a result of more complex theorization; richer case study analysis; and the inclusion of additional sources of provision such as not-for-profit, market-b...

Table of Contents:

• Key Concepts
• Investing in Children? Changes in Policies Concerning Children and Families in European Countries
• Understanding Gender Economic Inequality Across Welfare Regimes
• Neighborhoods and Families
• Setting the Scene
• Exploring the Extended Family of Mediterranean Welfare States, or: Did Beveridge and Bismarck Take a Mediterranean Cruise Together?
• Country Studies
• Children, Gender and Families in the Italian Welfare State
• The Erosion of “Familism” in the Spanish Welfare State: Childcare Policy Since 1975
• Children, Families and Women in the Israeli State: 1880s–2008
• Gender, Family and Children at the Crossroads of Social Policy Reform in Turkey: Alternating Between Familialism and Individualism
• Gender, Children and Families in the Greek Welfare State
• A Cross-National Comparison
• Is There a “Mediterranean Welfare State”? A Country-Level Analysis.