ABSTRACT

In Sweden, austerity politics and market reforms have resulted in a renegotiation of working conditions negatively impacting female-dominated public sector- and welfare state workers. A growing body of research locates the harshening conditions of nurses in a context of colliding logics between professions and professional authority, the specificities of interpersonal work, and public sector restructuring. Feminist scholars also tend to focus on the special character of care work in explaining nurses’ growing discontent under austerity. This article starts out from the position that the characteristics of care work are central in understanding care workers’ experiences, but the analysis also shows a more general conflict between labor and capital play out in care work. Based on a qualitative analysis interviews with 50 nurses, the article shows that this contradiction is expressed through conflicts over time, management and resources.

摘要

在瑞典，紧缩政治和市场改革导致重新谈判工作条件，对女性主导的公共部门和福利国家工人产生负面影响。越来越多的研究将护士的苛刻条件定位在专业和专业权威之间的逻辑冲突、人际工作的特殊性和公共部门重组的背景下。女权主义学者也倾向于关注护理工作的特殊性来解释紧缩下护士日益增长的不满情绪。本文从护理工作的特点是理解护理人员经历的核心出发点出发，但分析也表明，在护理工作中，劳资之间的冲突更为普遍。根据对 50 名护士的定性分析访谈，