Women Welfare and Productivism in East Asia and Europe

<p>Developing the new framework of 'life-mix' which considers the mixed patterns of caring and working in different periods of life this book systematically explores the interplay of productivism women care and work in East Asia and Europe. </p><p> The book ranges across four key aspects of welfare -- childcare parental leave employment support and pensions -- to illustrate how policies affect women in various periods of their lives. Policy case studies from France Germany Hong Kong Hungary South Korea Sweden and the UK show how welfare could support people's caring and working lives. This book forms a prescient examination of how productivist thinking underpins regimes and impacts women's welfare care and work in both the East and West.</p>