Politicising and Gendering Care for Older People

Anca Dohotariu is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest. Ana Paula Gil is a Professor of Sociology at NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH) and the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA). L'ubica Vol'anská is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava. -- .

Preface
Care for older people through politicising and gendering processes: An introduction – Anca Dohotariu
1 How does the EU frame gender and care of fragile, older people? Polyphony, tensions, and silencing – Hanne Marlene Dahl and Daria Litvina
2 Social care in Britain: How did we reach the present crisis? – Pat Thane
3 Waiting for the revolution in care and old age: The missed appointments of a French policy of care for older people – Christophe Capuano
4 Recent developments in long- term care in Spain: Challenges and competing discourses amidst the global pandemic – Antía Pérez- Caramés
5 Ambivalences around family care: The rhetoric of a family policy in Portugal – Ana Paula Gil
6 Policy controversies in the Long- Term Care Act in Slovenia – Majda Hrženjak, Jana Mali and Vesna Leskošek
7 Older people’s care in Croatia: Struggles between public and private sectors – Jelena Matancevic and Danijel Baturina
8 Caregiving for older adults in times of the COVID- 19 pandemic in Serbia: A gendered perspective – Ljiljana Pantovic, Bojana Radovanovic and Adriana Zaharijevic
9 ‘This old town is not for old people’: (Un)successful community activism in Slovakia – Lubica Volanská
10 Politicising older persons’ care in Romania: An institutional approach – Simona Ioana Bodogai and Diana Margarit
Afterword: Care for older people in Europe – Pat Thane
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