Naslov
Mothers or institutions? How women work and care in Slovenia and Czech Republic

Autori
Formánková, Lenka ; Dobrotić, Ivana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Community, work and family / University of Tampere - Tampere : Tampere University, 2011, 135-135

Skup
Community, Work and Family IV International Conference: Actors, Structures and Theories

Mjesto i datum
Tampere, Finska, 19.05.2011. - 21.05.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Slovenia; Czech Republic; ideals of care; family policy; female employment; poverty of families

Sažetak
The growth of female employment caused changes not only in the labour market, but also in the nature of partner cohabitation and parenthood. Especially the questions who and how should care became important when women, the traditional caregivers, became engaged on the labour market. Effective policy measures can prevent parenting of young children becoming one of the greatest risks of falling into poverty. In this article we discuss to what extent the prevailing ideals of care defined by Monique Kremer (2006, 2007) influence the policies targeting parenting as a source of social risks. The post-communist countries – Slovenia and Czech Republic show different trajectories in development of childcare policies. In the context of the theory we argue, that Czech social policies reproduce the traditional ideal of full-time mother care instead of preventing poverty and social exclusion of families with young children of preschool age. In the contrary, Slovenia supports female employment by the ideal of professionals’ care, which also contributes to better economical situation of families with small children.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Socijalne djelatnosti

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