Contents

pp iii-iv

List of tables

pp v-v

List of abbreviations

pp vi-vii

Notes on contributors

pp viii-xiii

Acknowledgements

pp xiv-xiv

Introduction

pp 1-2

one - Reconciling work and care: an international analysis

pp 3-22

two - The emergence of policy supporting working carers: developments in six countries

pp 23-50

Part One - Working carers of older people

pp 51-52

three - Family rediscovered? Working carers of older people in Finland and Sweden

pp 53-70

four - Working carers of older people: steps towards securing adequate support in Australia and England?

pp 71-88

five - Struggling for recognition: working carers of older people in Japan and Taiwan

pp 89-104

Part Two - Working parent-carers of disabled children

pp 105-106

six - Parent-carers of disabled children in Finland and Sweden: socially excluded by a labour of love?

pp 107-124

seven - Reconciling work and care for parent-carers of disabled children in Australia and England: uncertain progress

pp 125-142

eight - Parent-carers in Taiwan and Japan: lifelong caring responsibilities within a familistic welfare system

pp 143-160

Part Three - Working partner-carers

pp 161-162

nine - Reconciling partner-care and paid work in Finland and Sweden: challenges and coping strategies

pp 163-182

ten - ‘In sickness and in health’ and beyond: reconciling work and care for a partner in Australia and England

pp 183-200

eleven - Partner-care in the East Asian system: combining paid work and caring in Japan and Taiwan

pp 201-216

Conclusions

pp 217-218

twelve - Reconciling work and care for older parents, disabled children and partners: convergent or separate paths in three welfare systems?

pp 219-240

Index

pp 241-247