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Nanny care in Sweden: The inequalities of everyday doings of care
Journal of European Social Policy ( IF 2.7 ) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 , DOI: 10.1177/0958928719866980
Sara Eldén , Terese Anving 1
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In this article, we analyse practice of care and family in families who employ nannies and au pairs. Taking our point of departure in the narratives of all the participating actors – nannies/au pairs (n = 26), parents (n = 29) and children receiving care (n = 19) – we show how this ‘doing of family’ is reproducing inequalities between families: the new local care loops enable a possibility for some – well-off – parents to realize the (highly valued) ideals of gender equality and ‘good and stress-free parenting’. We also show how this reproduces inequalities within families. The narratives of everyday care situations told by nannies, au pairs and children entail evidence of invisible and complex ‘sentient’ care activities that diverge remarkably from the explicit characterizing of the work as easy and independent. This discrepancy makes nanny/au pair work into precarious gendered care doings, similar to the care performed in families traditionally, by wives and mothers, but now obscured by the nanny/au pairs’ subordinate status. In conclusion, classed, gendered and ethnic inequalities are characterizing the new ‘local care loops’ being encouraged and enabled in Sweden. The driving forces are to be found on a macro level, in processes of globalization and in political and policy changes, but the consequences are detectable in everyday interactions in the micro-settings of the home.

中文翻译:

瑞典的保姆护理:日常护理工作的不平等

在本文中,我们分析了雇用保姆和保姆的家庭的照料和家庭实践。让我们从所有参与者的叙述出发:保姆/互惠生(n = 26),父母(n = 29)和受照料的孩子(n = 19)–我们展示了这种“家庭行为”是如何重现家庭之间的不平等:新的地方照护循环使一些(特别是富裕的)父母有可能实现(高度重视的)性别平等和“良好且无压力的养育子女”的理想。我们还将展示这如何重现家庭内部的不平等。保姆,换工和孩子们讲述的日常护理情况的叙述包含了无形和复杂的“有意识的”护理活动的证据,这些活动与明显地将工作描述为简单和独立有很大区别。这种差异使保姆/互惠生从事不稳定的性别护理工作,类似于传统上由妻子和母亲在家庭中进行的护理,但现在却被保姆/互惠生的从属地位所掩盖。总之,分类,性别和种族不平等是瑞典正在鼓励和启用的新“地方护理循环”的特征。在宏观层面,全球化进程以及政治和政策变化中都可以找到驱动力,但是在家庭微观环境中的日常互动中,其后果是可以发现的。性别和种族不平等是瑞典正在鼓励和启用的新“地方护理循环”的特征。在宏观层面,全球化进程以及政治和政策变化中都可以找到驱动力,但是在家庭微观环境中的日常互动中,其后果是可以发现的。性别和种族不平等是瑞典正在鼓励和启用的新“地方护理循环”的特征。在宏观层面,全球化进程以及政治和政策变化中都可以找到驱动力,但是在家庭微观环境中的日常互动中,其后果是可以发现的。
更新日期:2019-12-01
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