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Family commitments under negotiation — dual carers in Finland and Italy
Author(s)	Minna Zechner
Journal title	Social Policy & Administration, vol 38, no 6, December 2004
Pages	pp 640-653
Source	http://www.blackwell-synergy.com
Keywords	Family care ; Parents ; Children ; Comparison ; Finland ; Italy.
Annotation	This paper makes a comparison between Finnish and Italian working dual carers. Dual carers have responsibilities simultaneously on two different fronts: caring for older family members and child care. The selected Finnish and Italian samples of carers are doing similar care work in different settings. They negotiate care with a variety of actors and under differing circumstances. A care life story has been constructed for each participant. Then these care life stories have been compared with each other, especially at points where the need for negotiation has been evident, at life's various turning points. There are many individual similarities in negotiations performed in Finland and Italy. However, their divergent contexts create considerable variation. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-041202208 A
Classmark	P6:SJ: SR: SBC: 48: 76L: 76V
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