From Foster Mothers to Child Care Centers: A History of Working Mothers and Child Care in Sweden

Anita Nyberg

Feminist Economics, 2000, vol. 6, issue 1, 5-20

Abstract: The Swedish welfare state is usually considered "woman friendly." It treats mothers, including single mothers, as workers and offers them high quality public child care. Feminist typologies often use paid work as the lens through which to look at welfare states. Jane Jenson, however, proposes that we think seriously about care in typologies of welfare states. The aim of this article is to take the child care arrangements of working mothers seriously and the empirical concern is historical. While most people believe that the expansion of public child care in Sweden enabled mothers to become workers, it could also be argued- looking through the lens of care- that new public policies enabled women workers to become caregivers.

Keywords: Child Care; Foster Children; Foster Mothers; Welfare States; Women's Work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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