Care across the globe: the impact of national culture and structure
Journal title SOCIOLOGIA E POLITICHE SOCIALI
Author/s Ariane Ollier-Malaterre
Publishing Year 2018 Issue 2017/3
Language English Pages 14 P. 9-22 File size 110 KB
DOI 10.3280/SP2017-003002
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This article examines the impact of national context, i.e., cultural beliefs shared in a country and structural factors such as public policies, on individuals’ family care decisions, such as the number of children in the family or the time spent with them. I argue that although family care decisions are intimate, they are not private, because they are bounded by what individuals perceive to be possible in their family, workplace, and country contexts. I analyze two interrelated dynamics. First, national culture influences the relative valuation of care compared with paid work, via work devotion schemas built upon a gendered distinction between the public sphere of work and the private sphere of care. Second, culture and structure foster gendered expectations regarding who is expected to engage in care, and the devaluation of care is intimately connected to this gendered division of labor. Altogether, culture and structure contribute to the social construction of care in a country, in which individuals work-family decisions are deeply embedded.
Keywords: Care; Culture; Structure; Work-Family; National Context.
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Ariane Ollier-Malaterre, Care across the globe: the impact of national culture and structure in "SOCIOLOGIA E POLITICHE SOCIALI" 3/2017, pp 9-22, DOI: 10.3280/SP2017-003002