Cultures of care ：Biographies of carers in Britain and the two Germanies

Publication subTitle ：Biographies of carers in Britain and the two Germanies

Author： Chamberlayne   Prue (Author)   King   Annette (Author)  

Publisher： Policy Press‎

Publication year： 2000

E-ISBN: 9781847425225

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781861341662

Subject： C91 Sociology

Keyword： Social work

Language： ENG

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Cultures of care

Description

This book explores the experiences of informal home carers in the different welfare systems of the former West Germany and East Germany, and Britain. It is innovative in using a biographical case study approach to compare caring situations and caring strategies in the three different societies. The detail and variety of the case studies show how particular social and welfare patterns give rise to recognisable 'cultures of care'. The authors:  show how the social relations of caring are structured within and outside the home environment offer a research tool to take into account the significance of informal networks use separate analysis of 'lived' and 'told' life stories to highlight personal processes of continuity and change in meeting the challenge of caring link individual caring strategies to the structural features of welfare societies. European comparative research creates opportunities for fresh thinking about social policy, showing best practice and piecing together the strengths of each system. The findings of this book underline the significance of caring within social policy agendas and the need to extend and change the parameters of comparative social policy beyond a fixation on social insurance. Cultures of care makes an important contribution to debates about the need to 'strengthen the social' and to build a creative sense of moral agency in welfare systems. It provides a valuable new resource for both academic teaching and the training of social professionals.

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CULTURES OF CARE

Contents

Acknowledgements

Glossary

1. Introduction

Our approach

Welfare regimes

Culture

History

Reader pathways

New welfare perspectives and case study analysis

Gender issues

The social sphere

Background to the project

The fieldwork and interview method

Method of analysis

The structure of the book

2. West Germany – the pull into the home

Introduction

The social state tradition

The West German cases

Comparisons

Conclusion

3. East Germany – the push out of the home

Introduction

Social policy in East Germany

The East German cases

Comparisons

4. Britain – sitting on the doorstep

Introduction

Formal and informal welfare in Britain

Carer strategies

Comparisons

Conclusion

5. Biography and caring

Introduction

Concepts

Carer trajectories

From trajectory to strategy

Lessons for intervention

6. Carers and the social world

Carers’ relationships with the social world

Fostering features of the informal sphere

Recent policy debates

Conclusion

7. Conclusion – caring as a political challenge

Gender issues

Biographical resources

Cultural networks

Professional support

Implications at the European level

Bibliography

Appendix 1: Gestalt theory and the biographical method

The analysis of lived and told life story

Comparison of cases

Appendix 2: List of carers interviewed

Interviewees in Bremen, West Germany

Interviewees in Leipzig, East Germany

Interviewees in Britain

Index

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