Who cares? Changing patterns of childcare in Central and Eastern Europe

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-131

  Szelewa, Dorota ^a   Polakowski, Michal P ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Childcare; Fuzzy sets; Gender regimes; Transition

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; EUROPEAN UNION; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL POLICY; WOMENS STATUS;

BALTIC STATES; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 41549152521     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928707087589     Document Type: Article

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