{"product_id":"9783531169156","title":"Reconciliation Policy in Germany 1998-2008: Construing the 'Problem' of the Incompatibility of Paid Employment and Care Work","description":"\u003ch1\u003eReconciliation Policy in Germany 1998-2008: Construing the 'Problem' of the Incompatibility of Paid Employment and Care Work\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eGrebe, Cornelius\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘In all research, the choice of object is primary and decisive. This refers to the set of c- cepts which determines the delimitation among the totality of phenomena of those selected as objects of analysis’(Topalov 1979: 446). In this quote Topalov addresses the ‘fundamental illusion’ of empiricist research approaches: that objects of inquiry are self-evident givens. The rejection of this - piricist ‘illusion’constitutes the foundation of this thesis. This thesis modifies a c- textual social constructionist paradigm of inquiry and combines it with a feminist standpoint in the analysis of policies claimed to be aimed at reconciling paid - ployment and care work in Germany from 1998 to 2005. 1.1 Genesis of the study The present study developed out of three interrelated strands of our intellectual - riosity which evolved, triggered by an engagement with a discipline unique to the UK in its approach, Social Policy. First, in what can be described as a fruitful int- lectual adaptation process to a new discipline, an initial interest in welfare state transformation in Eastern Europe developed into a keen interest in family policies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2009-10-08\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783531169156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-531-91924-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x140cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 244\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47667957268620,"sku":"9783531169156","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783531169156.jpg?v=1776461296","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783531169156","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}