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Unburdening care: Exploring modes of care through post‐productivist thought and Australian parliamentary inquiry representations

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract Research on care increasingly emphasises the “care‐less” or “uncaring” nature of state‐coordinated interventions imposed on marginalised communities. However, these perspectives tend to eliminate discussions about modes of care (Fox, Critical Social Policy, 15, 1995, 107) or the ways in which care is differentially experienced and performed ...
Chabel Khan
wiley   +1 more source

Hospitalizations, emergency medical care utilization, and contacts with the regional on-call medical services among nursing home residents in Germany: a cross-sectional study in 44 nursing homes

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research
Background Nursing home residents frequently utilize medical care, but there lacks a complete picture of their acute medical care utilization. We quantified hospitalizations, emergency medical care utilization, and contacts with the regional on-call ...
Paula Lienesch   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is Pension Inequality Growing? [PDF]

open access: yes
Employer-sponsored pensions are an important source of retirement income and often make the difference between having a comfortable retirement and just scraping by. Over the past two decades, pension sponsorship and participation have remained relatively
Geoffrey Sanzenbacher, Nadia Karamcheva
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Inequality and Risk

open access: yes, 2004
Abstract The impact of risk, wealth accumulation and insurance on inequality are investigated. Trade-offs exist between insurance and mobility, and asset markets and social polarization. In the presence of imperfect commitment, mutual insurance may be easier to sustain in the form of patronage in unequal societies. When wealth is made up
openaire   +5 more sources

Australian women's motherhood aspirations: I've always wanted to be a mum. But at the same time, I wanted the career and everything too

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract To better understand the discrepancy between women's motherhood aspirations and outcomes, this study explored the impact of socio‐cultural structures of gender. Taking a qualitative phenomenological approach, interviews were conducted with 24 Victorian women aged between 25 and 45 years. Three themes resulted from data analysis, reflecting the
Megan Bugden   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review Symposium 2

open access: yesGlobal Labour Journal
Professor Edward Webster, affectionately known as Eddie, breathed his last on 5 March 2024, twenty-four days before his eighty-second birthday. Eddie was healthy and had just participated in a run.
Alex Mohubetswane Mashilo
doaj  

Beyond job‐search theory: A value pluralist approach to conditionality in Australian employment services

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the contested impact of financial sanctions on Australian employment services, with government evaluation relying on job‐search theory to justify sanctions while research from sociological and psychological perspectives suggests they exacerbate labour market disadvantages and poverty. The division in perspectives reflects
Simone Casey
wiley   +1 more source

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