The Relationship between Family and Work: Tensions, Paradigms and Directives

Knijn, Trudie; Smit, Arnoud

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“…Given changing demographic conditions in European countries and the push for increased labour market participation, such policies are often seen as a (partial) solution to solving labour market participation problems (Mara Yerkes, 2006). Critical analysis raises questions relating to efficacy, awareness and take-up (Knijn & Smit, 2007;Warren, 2004) -particularly the gendered nature of much employment and social policy (Crompton, 2006;Peper et al, 2005;Mara Yerkes, 2007). While research at the organisational level shows the significant effect employer policies can have on work-life balance (den Dulk, 2001;Peper et al, 2005), and specifically that of women Mara Yerkes et al, 2006), analyses of government policy, with the exception of Scandinavia, are often less optimistic (Carmichael et al, 2008;Hantrais & Ackers, 2005;Leitner & Wroblewski, 2006;MacInnes, 2006).…”

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The disconnection between policy practices and women's lived experiences: combining work and life in the UK and the Netherlands

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Community, Work & Family

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Combining work and family life is central to women's participation in the labour market. Work-life balance has been a key objective of UK and Dutch policy since the 1990s but policies created at the national level do not always connect with the day to day experiences of women juggling caring and domestic responsibilities with paid work. Using qualitative data from a European Social Fund Objective 3 project the paper explores women's lived realities of combining work and family life in the UK in comparison to the Netherlands as a possible ‗best practices' model. We argue that women in both countries experience work-life balance as an ongoing process, continually negotiating the boundaries of work and family, and that there needs to be a more sophisticated appreciation of the differing needs of working parents. Whilst policy initiatives can be effective in helping women to reconcile dual roles, many women in both the UK and the Netherlands still resolve these issues at the individual or personal level and feel that policy has not impacted on their lives in any tangible way.

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The disconnection between policy practices and women's lived experiences: combining work and life in the UK and the Netherlands

Yerkes

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Wattis

et al. 2010

Community, Work & Family

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A Trial of Welfare State Analysis by New Social Risks

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Yönetim Ve Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi

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Refah devletleri 1970'lerden beri varlığına ve sürdürülebilirliğine yönelik önemli meydan okumalar, krizler ve eleştirilerle karşı karşıyadır. Refah devletlerinin başarılı bir performans gösterip göstermediği öncelikle refah devletinin temel amaç ve işlevleri üzerinden değerlendirilmelidir. Bireyler yaşam boyunca pek çok risk ile karşılaşmaktadır. Bu riskler karşısında yaşamlarını düzgün ve insani koşullar altında devam ettirebilmeleri refah devletinin kapsayıcılığı ve bu alanda sağladığı desteklerle ilgilidir. Ortaya çıkan yeni toplumsal riskler; işgücü piyasası ve demografik yapı gibi sanayi sonrası döneme ait koşullarda yaşanan değişim üzerinden birey-devlet ve piyasa bağlamında dönüştürücü olmaktadır. Refah devletinin kendisi de ortaya çıkan bu yeni toplumsal riskler karşısında yeni politikalar ve araçlar uygulamak zorundadır. Yeni toplumsal riskler genellikle refah devletine yönelik meydan okumanın ulusal/içsel bir kaynağı olarak ele alınırken; küreselleşme süreci, çok uluslu şirketler ve uluslararası örgütlerin de dışsal bir faktör olarak ortaya çıkardığı etkiler unutulmamalıdır. Çalışma bu yeni toplumsal riskleri tanımlama amacıyla refah devleti-birey ilişkisinin ekonomik, sosyal ve politik alandaki değişimini incelemektedir.

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Domestic Reconciliation Policies and the Usages of Europe

Graziano¹,

Jacquot²,

Palier³

2011

European Journal of Social Security

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In recent years, European institutions have promoted the development of reconciliation policies in an overall context where most European countries are saying 'farewell to maternalism' (Orloff 2006) and are now implementing policies aimed at helping individuals (especially women) to combine paid work and family responsibilities. Is it possible to consider that these changes in national reconciliation policies have been due to EU actions in this policy field and, if so, what are the mechanisms of possible EU influence? In section one, we review the Europeanisation literature in order to situate our own perspective. In the second section, we present our approach in terms of 'national usages of Europe" In section three, we come back to the policy content to be analysed, presenting the EU definitions of reconciliation policies, and reviewing the tools we have used to situate each national case of care regimes and reconciliation policies. In the fourth section, we introduce our common hypotheses and the analytical framework that is used in all the articles of this special issue. Finally, in section five, we summarise our main findings.

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The Relationship between Family and Work: Tensions, Paradigms and Directives

Cited by 7 publications

References 15 publications

The disconnection between policy practices and women's lived experiences: combining work and life in the UK and the Netherlands

The disconnection between policy practices and women's lived experiences: combining work and life in the UK and the Netherlands

A Trial of Welfare State Analysis by New Social Risks

Domestic Reconciliation Policies and the Usages of Europe

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