‘Quality Time’ in Nanny Families: Local Care Loops and New Inequalities in Sweden

Sara Eldén; Terese Anving

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-92889-6_5

‘Quality Time’ in Nanny Families: Local Care Loops and New Inequalities in Sweden

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Sammanfattning

Originalspråk	engelska
Titel på värdpublikation	Care Loops and Mobilities in Nordic, Central, and Eastern European Welfare States
Redaktörer	Lena Näre, Lise Widding Isaksen
Förlag	Palgrave Macmillan
Sidor	85-107
Antal sidor	22
ISBN (elektroniskt)	978-3-030-92889-6
ISBN (tryckt)	978-3-030-92888-9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92889-6_5
Status	Published - 2022 mars 1

Publikationsserier

Namn	Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Förlag	Palgrave Macmillan
ISSN (tryckt)	2731-6440
ISSN (elektroniskt)	2731-6459

Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)

Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi)
Genusstudier

Nyckelord

domestic work
Child Care
Domestic workers
Parenting
children
quality time
au pairer
nannies/au pairs
Inequalities
family
Sweden

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10.1007/978-3-030-92889-6_5

1 Bok
1 Kapitel samlingsverk
1 Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

Nanny care in Sweden: The inequalities of everyday doings of care
Eldén, S. & Anving, T., 2019, I: Journal of European Social Policy. s. 614-626
Forskningsoutput: Tidskriftsbidrag › Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift › Peer review
Nanny families: Practices of care by nannies, au pairs, parents and children in Sweden
Eldén, S. & Anving, T., 2019 juli 31, Bristol: Bristol University Press. 176 s. (Sociology of Children and Families Series)
Forskningsoutput: Bok/rapport › Bok › Forskning › Peer review
Varför familj? Praktiker, ojämlikheter och sociologisk analys
Eldén, S., 2019 juni, Samhälle i förhandling: Villkor, processer, konsekvenser. Alsarve, J. & Löfmarck, E. (red.). Örebro universitet: Sociologiämnet vid Örebro universitet, s. 205-226 22 s.
Forskningsoutput: Kapitel i bok/rapport/Conference proceeding › Kapitel samlingsverk › Forskning › Peer review

1 Avslutade
1 Aktiva

FAMIW: Family, Migration and Welfare
Eklund, L., Schulte, B., Gren, N., Swader, C., Lundqvist, Å., Song, R., Kollmann, L., Kazi, U., Eldén, S., Quaglietta, O., Taheri, J., Larsson, M., Ertem, E. C., Hemmaty, M., Gezgin, E., Esseveld, J., Farsakoglu, E. H. & Solano, P.
2015/05/05 → …
Projekt: Nätverk
Omsorg om barn i de köpta barnpassningstjänsternas tidevarv: En studie av barnflickor, barn och föräldrar
Eldén, S. & Anving, T.
2014/05/01 → 2017/12/31
Projekt: Forskning

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Eldén, S., & Anving, T. (2022). ‘Quality Time’ in Nanny Families: Local Care Loops and New Inequalities in Sweden. I L. Näre, & L. Widding Isaksen (Red.), Care Loops and Mobilities in Nordic, Central, and Eastern European Welfare States (s. 85-107). (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92889-6_5

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‘Quality Time’ in Nanny Families : Local Care Loops and New Inequalities in Sweden. / Eldén, Sara ; Anving, Terese.

Care Loops and Mobilities in Nordic, Central, and Eastern European Welfare States. red. / Lena Näre; Lise Widding Isaksen. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. s. 85-107 (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life).

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‘Quality Time’ in Nanny Families: Local Care Loops and New Inequalities in Sweden

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Nanny care in Sweden: The inequalities of everyday doings of care

Nanny families: Practices of care by nannies, au pairs, parents and children in Sweden

Varför familj? Praktiker, ojämlikheter och sociologisk analys

Projekt

FAMIW: Family, Migration and Welfare

Omsorg om barn i de köpta barnpassningstjänsternas tidevarv: En studie av barnflickor, barn och föräldrar

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