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
Subject(s): Politics, Welfare systems, Family and social welfare
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
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.

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