A History of Regulating Working Families: Strains, Stereotypes, Strategies and Solutions - Hardcover

Mark Edward And Stephen Farrier

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849465576 ISBN 13: 9781849465571

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

Families in market economies have long been confronted by the demands of participating in paid work and providing care. Across Europe the social, economic and political environment within which families do so has been subject to substantial change in the post-World War II era and governments have come under increasing pressure to engage with this important area of public policy. In the UK, as elsewhere, the tensions which lie at the heart of the paid work/unpaid care conflict remain unresolved posing substantial difficulties for all of laws subjects both as carers and as the recipients of care. What seems like a relatively simple goal to enable families to better balance care-giving and paid employment has been subject to and shaped by shifting priorities over time leading to a variety of often conflicting policy approaches. This book critiques how working families in the UK have been subject to regulation. It aims to: · Chart the development of the UKs law and policy framework by focusing on the post-war era and the growth and decline of the welfare state with a longer historical trajectory considered where appropriate. · Suggest an alternative policy approach based on Martha Finemans vulnerability theory in which the vulnerable subject replaces the liberal subject as the focus of legal intervention. This reorientation enables a more inclusive and cohesive policy approach and has great potential to contribute to the reconciliation of the unresolved conflict between paid work and care-giving.

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About the Author

Nicole Busby is Professor of Labour Law at the University of Strathclyde. She has published widely in the areas of labour law and equality law and has a particular interest in gender equality and the regulation of paid work and unpaid care.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849465576
• ISBN 13: 9781849465571
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176