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The condition of Britain: interim report
- Editor:
- LAWTON Kayte
- Publisher:
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 96
- Place of publication:
- London
The Institute for Public Policy Research’s Condition of Britain programme considers how politics, institutions and policies need to change to respond after the 2007 financial crash. This report sets out the findings from the first stage of IPPR's work on this theme. It brings together five previously published briefing papers on: raising a family; growing up and becoming an adult; living in a good home and neighbourhood; finding a decent job and achieving financial security; and getting older and staying connected. Among the key findings are that: family life is under growing strain; young people’s prospects are increasingly uncertain; some neighbourhoods remain blighted by crime; a minority of people remain excluded from society; many people have lost faith in the benefit system; and more and more older people are facing loneliness and isolation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Combining paid work and family care: policies and experiences in international perspective
- Authors:
- KROGER Teppo, YEANDLE Sue
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 256
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
As populations age around the world, increasing efforts are required from both families and governments to secure care and support for older and disabled people.At the same time, both women and men are expected to increase and lengthen their participation in paid work, which makes combining caring and working a burning issue for social and employment policy and economic sustainability. International discussion about the reconciliation of work and care has previously focused mostly on childcare. Combining paid work and family care widens the debate, bringing into discussion the experiences of those providing support to their partners, older relatives and disabled or seriously ill children. The book analyses the situations of these working carers in Nordic, liberal and East Asian welfare systems. Highlighting what can be learned from individual experiences, the book analyses the changing welfare and labour market policies which shape the lives of working carers in Finland, Sweden, Australia, England, Japan and Taiwan. The book is arranged in three parts: working carers of older people; working parent-carers of disabled children; and working partner-carers. (Edited publisher abstract)