Overview
- Discusses all aspects of domestic and care work to understand the total social organisation of this work
- Considers the intersecting divisions of labour across gender, class and citizenship-status
- Reviews a wide range of policies which impact on domestic work and care work
Part of the book series: French Politics, Society and Culture (FPSC)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores the organization and divisions of labour of domestic and care work in modern France and in so doing, reveals some of the drivers of and obstacles to change in the relationship between gender, the family, and the French state. The book finds that both the policies and social norms that structure how domestic and care work is carried out and by whom in contemporary France have been influenced by historical legacies dating back to the Revolution such as French Republicanism and pronatalism, and more recent political currents such as the self-management movement and materialist feminism. Chapter 1 sets out the analytical framework for the book, while Chapter 2 explores the historical legacies that help shape contemporary domestic and care work in France. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 focus on the specific activities of parental and childcare work, long-term care for adults, and domestic work in the contemporary period. Chapter 6 discusses the effects of the COVID-19 restrictions on domestic and care work, and Chapter 7 concludes the discussion.
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Book Title: Domestic and Care Work in Modern France
Book Subtitle: Gender, Family and the State
Authors: Jan Windebank
Series Title: French Politics, Society and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33564-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-33563-1Published: 01 July 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-33566-2Due: 01 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-33564-8Published: 30 June 2023
Series ISSN: 2946-3750
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3769
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 241
Topics: Gender Studies, Politics and Gender, Sociology of Work, Children, Youth and Family Policy