Care Work in Europe 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:

• explores the context and emerging policy agendas
• provides an analysis of how different countries and sectors understand and structure care work
• examines key issues, such as the extreme gendering of the workforce, increasing...