A Care Crisis in the Nordic Welfare States?: Care Work, Gender Equality and Welfare State Sustainability

In this insightful collection, academic experts consider the impact of neoliberal policies and ideology on the status of care work in Nordic countries. With new research perspectives and empirical analyses, it assesses challenges for care work including technologies, management and policy-making.

Arguing that there is a care crisis even in the supposedly feminist Nordic 'nirvana', this book explores understandings of the care crisis, the serious consequences for gender equality and the hitherto neglected effects on the long-term sustainability of the Nordic welfare states.

This astute take on the Nordic welfare model provides insights into what the Nordic experience can tell us about wider international issues in care.

Author: Lise Lotte Hansen
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 05/01/2023
Pages: 218
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9781447361350

About the Author

Lise Lotte Hansen is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science and Business, and head of the Centre for Gender, Power and Diversity, both at Roskilde University. She works with social justice perspectives on labour market issues.

Hanne Marlene Dahl is Professor in the Department of Social Science and Business at Roskilde University. She works with the state and the governance of care in a context of the Nordic welfare state and care regimes from a feminist perspective.

Laura Horn is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science and Business at Roskilde University. Her work is situated within critical political economy.