Christopher Grages
Biographic Data
| ID | 392070 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Grages |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Grages |
| SIGNATURE | GRAGES C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bremen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2714-9668 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Understanding Gaps in the Provision of Long‐Term Care for Older People Across Europe
Since the 1990s, European welfare states have expanded long‐term care (LTC) support for older people, yet gaps in social security and unmet needs persist. This study identifies key gaps in LTC provision and examines how differences in policy design contribute to them. It applies a typology of LTC policies that considers the balance between support for formal and semi‐formal care systematically assessing regulations of access to support and the ex…
Addressing social risks of older people with care needs: How European welfare states combine pension and long-term care policies
Older people with long-term care (LTC) needs represent a growing and vulnerable group in European societies. A focus on the interrelation between pension and LTC policies can be useful in determining the extent to which European welfare states address this group’s social risks. This paper asks how European welfare states differ in the extent to which their institutional constellations of pension and LTC policies address older people’s social risk…
Informalizing childcare during the Covid-19 pandemic: Policy responses to childcare and their implications for working parents in Denmark, England and Germany
The closure of extra-familial childcare facilities by European governments in 2020 was an important part of interventions against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. One consequence was that childcare was provided by parents at home, mainly by women. As a result, women mainly experienced financial and employment risks related to this “informalization” of childcare. The childcare policies of European welfare states differ in the extent to which t…
How culture influences the strengthening of market principles in conservative welfare states: The case of long‐term care policy
How much, and in what ways, do cultural ideas contribute to understanding cross‐national differences in the extent of long‐term care (LTC) policy marketisation? We argue that differences in cultural ideas in the political sphere about ‘ideal’ ways of organising the provision of care shed light on these differences, relatively independently of the governing parties' positions on the left/right spectrum. Our comparative case study of two conservati…
Re-conceptualising the relationship between de-familialisation and familialisation and the implications for gender equality – the case of long-term care policies for older people
This article explores how far the concepts of de-familialisation/familialisation are adequate to the classification of long-term care (LTC) policies for older people. In the theoretical debate over LTC policies, de-familialising and familialising policies are often treated as opposites. We propose re-conceptualising the relation between de-familialisation and familialisation, arguing that they represent substantially different types of policy tha…
"Self-Responsibility of the "Active Social Citizen: Different Types of the Policy Concept of "Active Social Citizenship" in Different Types of Welfare States
The article aims to answer the following research questions: (a) How far do European welfare states differ in the use of the policy concept of the active social citizen? and (b) How far is it possible to explain the differences with welfare regime types and welfare culture? The article distinguishes between two different types of the policy concept of active social citizenship with regard to self-responsibility. It argues that the active social c…
Re-conceptualising the relationship between de-familialisation and familialisation and the implications for gender equality – the case of long-term care policies for older people
This article explores how far the concepts of de-familialisation/familialisation are adequate to the classification of long-term care (LTC) policies for older people. In the theoretical debate over LTC policies, de-familialising and familialising policies are often treated as opposites. We propose re-conceptualising the relation between de-familialisation and familialisation, arguing that they represent substantially different types of policy tha…
"Self-Responsibility of the "Active Social Citizen: Different Types of the Policy Concept of "Active Social Citizenship" in Different Types of Welfare States
The article aims to answer the following research questions: (a) How far do European welfare states differ in the use of the policy concept of the active social citizen? and (b) How far is it possible to explain the differences with welfare regime types and welfare culture? The article distinguishes between two different types of the policy concept of active social citizenship with regard to self-responsibility. It argues that the active social c…
How culture influences the strengthening of market principles in conservative welfare states: The case of long‐term care policy
How much, and in what ways, do cultural ideas contribute to understanding cross‐national differences in the extent of long‐term care (LTC) policy marketisation? We argue that differences in cultural ideas in the political sphere about ‘ideal’ ways of organising the provision of care shed light on these differences, relatively independently of the governing parties' positions on the left/right spectrum. Our comparative case study of two conservati…
Informalizing childcare during the Covid-19 pandemic: Policy responses to childcare and their implications for working parents in Denmark, England and Germany
The closure of extra-familial childcare facilities by European governments in 2020 was an important part of interventions against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. One consequence was that childcare was provided by parents at home, mainly by women. As a result, women mainly experienced financial and employment risks related to this “informalization” of childcare. The childcare policies of European welfare states differ in the extent to which t…
"Self-Responsibility of the "Active Social Citizen: Different Types of the Policy Concept of "Active Social Citizenship" in Different Types of Welfare States
The article aims to answer the following research questions: (a) How far do European welfare states differ in the use of the policy concept of the active social citizen? and (b) How far is it possible to explain the differences with welfare regime types and welfare culture? The article distinguishes between two different types of the policy concept of active social citizenship with regard to self-responsibility. It argues that the active social c…
Re-conceptualising the relationship between de-familialisation and familialisation and the implications for gender equality – the case of long-term care policies for older people
This article explores how far the concepts of de-familialisation/familialisation are adequate to the classification of long-term care (LTC) policies for older people. In the theoretical debate over LTC policies, de-familialising and familialising policies are often treated as opposites. We propose re-conceptualising the relation between de-familialisation and familialisation, arguing that they represent substantially different types of policy tha…
How culture influences the strengthening of market principles in conservative welfare states: The case of long‐term care policy
How much, and in what ways, do cultural ideas contribute to understanding cross‐national differences in the extent of long‐term care (LTC) policy marketisation? We argue that differences in cultural ideas in the political sphere about ‘ideal’ ways of organising the provision of care shed light on these differences, relatively independently of the governing parties' positions on the left/right spectrum. Our comparative case study of two conservati…
Informalizing childcare during the Covid-19 pandemic: Policy responses to childcare and their implications for working parents in Denmark, England and Germany
The closure of extra-familial childcare facilities by European governments in 2020 was an important part of interventions against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. One consequence was that childcare was provided by parents at home, mainly by women. As a result, women mainly experienced financial and employment risks related to this “informalization” of childcare. The childcare policies of European welfare states differ in the extent to which t…
Understanding Gaps in the Provision of Long‐Term Care for Older People Across Europe
Since the 1990s, European welfare states have expanded long‐term care (LTC) support for older people, yet gaps in social security and unmet needs persist. This study identifies key gaps in LTC provision and examines how differences in policy design contribute to them. It applies a typology of LTC policies that considers the balance between support for formal and semi‐formal care systematically assessing regulations of access to support and the ex…
Addressing social risks of older people with care needs: How European welfare states combine pension and long-term care policies
Older people with long-term care (LTC) needs represent a growing and vulnerable group in European societies. A focus on the interrelation between pension and LTC policies can be useful in determining the extent to which European welfare states address this group’s social risks. This paper asks how European welfare states differ in the extent to which their institutional constellations of pension and LTC policies address older people’s social risk…
Social Policy and Reform Studies (6 works) · Social policy (5 works) · Welfare (5 works) · Long-term care (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Welfare state (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works)