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Funded by The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences (RJ P13-0603:1) 2014-2018
Focusing on the private child care market – nannies and au pairs – in Sweden.
A new actor has been (re)introduced into family practices in Sweden: the nanny/au pair. This development is likely to have effects on the way family practices and care for children are carried out in Sweden, as well as on ideals and discourses on family, care and parenthood. The purpose of this study is to analyse the consequences for the ‘doing’ of family when elements of childcare can be purchased as services in the private sector.
Through interviews with all three parties involved – nannies/au pairs, parents and children – the study captures the new patterns, problems and possibilities that private childcare services create in everyday interactions and in the doing of family and care in Sweden today.
Focusing on the private child care market – nannies and au pairs – in Sweden.
A new actor has been (re)introduced into family practices in Sweden: the nanny/au pair. This development is likely to have effects on the way family practices and care for children are carried out in Sweden, as well as on ideals and discourses on family, care and parenthood. The purpose of this study is to analyse the consequences for the ‘doing’ of family when elements of childcare can be purchased as services in the private sector.
Through interviews with all three parties involved – nannies/au pairs, parents and children – the study captures the new patterns, problems and possibilities that private childcare services create in everyday interactions and in the doing of family and care in Sweden today.
| Status | Finished |
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| Effective start/end date | 2014/05/01 → 2017/12/31 |
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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When someone else’s home is your workplace: Inequalities in the re-emerging domestic care work sector in Sweden
Eldén, S., 2023 Aug 24.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Nanny families and the making of gender (in)equality
Cox, R., Anving, T. & Eldén, S., 2023, Handbook on Migration and the Family. Waters, J. L. & Yeoh, B. S. A. (eds.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 16-31Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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‘Quality Time’ in Nanny Families: Local Care Loops and New Inequalities in Sweden
Eldén, S. & Anving, T., 2022 Mar 1, Care Loops and Mobilities in Nordic, Central, and Eastern European Welfare States. Näre, L. & Widding Isaksen, L. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 85-107 22 p. (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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