{"product_id":"care-work-in-europe-claire-cameron-9780415394475","title":"Care Work in Europe: Current Understandings and Future Directions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCare Work in Europe\u003c\/em\u003e provides a cross-national and cross-sectoral study of care work in Europe today, covering policy, provision and practice, as well as exploring how care work is conceptualized and understood. Drawing on a study which looks at care work across the life course in a number of European countries, this book: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eexplores the context and emerging policy agendas \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eprovides an analysis of how different countries and sectors understand and structure care work \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexamines key issues, such as the extreme gendering of the workforce, increasing problems of recruitment and turnover, what kinds of knowledge and education the work requires and what conditions are needed to ensure good quality employment \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003econsiders possible future directions, including the option of a generic professional worker, educated to work across the life course and whether 'care' will, or should, remain a distinct field of policy and employment. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking comparative study provokes much-needed new thinking about the current situation and future direction of care work, an area essential to the social and economic well-being of Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Cameron,Peter Moss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415394473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415394475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Claire Cameron","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136081604863,"sku":"9780415394475","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b9898420-410c-40e8-a9e3-48b8ec8a4171.jpg?v=1770160386","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/care-work-in-europe-claire-cameron-9780415394475","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}