The Subject's Duties and the Citizen's Demands
On Changes in Elder Care in Swedish Agrarian Society, 1815-1939
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079663 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ulla Rosén (Växjö University in Sweden, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-95 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0363199007309213 |
| OpenAlex | W2072722535 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
The performance of elder care, both public efforts and family based, in two socio-economically very different settings is examined. The author argues that there were connections between an area's socioeconomic structure and the way elder care was organized. Until 1920, elder care was governed by traditional patriarchal values found in both areas. Elderly people with some resources could more easily obtain public support than those who had nothing. Also, a gender dimension was visible because men but not women were allowed reproductive support. Women had to work because of their class position, not because of their sex. The growing welfare state blurred the distinction between the private and the public sphere as old age security shifted from a family duty to a civil right. This shift, linked to democratization, occurred more slowly in the region of landless tenants and farm-workers, which also was the more patriarchal-dominated area
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Care work · Democracy · Democratization · Duty · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Politics · Population · Private sphere · Public sphere · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Welfare state · Gender Studies · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |