Strategies of care : Changing elderly care policies and practices in Italy and the Netherlands /
Strategies of Care surveys the transformations of elderly care policies and practices since the early 1990's, by comparing two extremely different systems: Italy, a familialistic model without relevant policy changes; and the Netherlands, a formal care model under restructuring. The book shows...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Care & welfare.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Strategies of Care surveys the transformations of elderly care policies and practices since the early 1990's, by comparing two extremely different systems: Italy, a familialistic model without relevant policy changes; and the Netherlands, a formal care model under restructuring. The book shows that, while the Dutch system represents a case of institutional and social resistance to welfare restructuring, the Italian system has shifted to a mixed family- and market-based model. It is argued that these trajectories need to be understood from a micro-to-macro perspective, considering the choices and strategies of the actors as influenced by the institutional framework, but also as possible forces of social change. --Book Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9789048512270 9048512271 |