Routledge Changing Relations of Welfare: Family, Gender, Migration - Routledge

Changing Relations of Welfare examines the intricate dynamics of family relations and practices across recent history, exploring how these have been shaped by policy, law and welfare systems in Sweden, Denmark and Britain. This innovative academic work uses diverse primary and secondary sources to analyse the meanings attributed to family within different policy contexts. The book investigates how debates surrounding responsibility, obligation and rights have been gendered throughout social policy and welfare practice, whilst examining the critical intersections of family, gender, race and migration. By bringing together comparative perspectives from Britain and Scandinavia, it provides essential insight into how welfare systems have historically addressed-and sometimes overlooked-the complex relationships between family structures, gender roles and migration patterns. Essential reading for scholars and students of social policy, welfare history and gender studies.