Margarita León, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, SpainMarco Albertini, University of Bologna, ItalyHeejung Chung, University of Kent, UKZyab Ibañez, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, SpainBart Meuleman, University of Leuven, BelgiumAugust Österle, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria and Corvinus University of Budapest, HungaryEmmanuele Pavolini, University of Macerata, ItalyJolanta Perek-Bia?as, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland and Jagiellonian University, PolandBirgit Pfau-Effinger, University of Hamburg, Germany and University of Southern Denmark, DenmarkMariola Raclaw, Warsaw University, PolandCostanzo Ranci, Polytechnic of Milan, ItalyTine Rostgaard, Aalborg University, DenmarkStefania Sabatinelli, Polytechnic of Milan, ItalyPia Schober, German Institute for Economic Research, GermanyIsabel Shutes, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKFranca van Hooren, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Amsterdam University College, The Netherlands

• Introduction 1. Pressures Towards and Within Universalism: Conceptualising Change in Care Policy and Discourse 2. Cross-National Variations in Care and Care as a Labour Market 3. Migrant Care Work in Europe: Variety and Institutional Determinant 4. Explaining Differences in Childcare and Women's Employment Across Six European 'Gender Arrangements' 5. Support for Government Intervention in Child Care Across European Countries 6. Support to the Elderly and Caring Regimes: An Analysis of Patterns of Informal Support and their Determinants in Six European Countries 7. The Transnationalisation of Older Care in Austria 8. Nordic Care and Care Work in the Public Service Model of Denmark: Ideational Factors of Change 9. Day-Care Trends for Children Under Three Years in Germany 10. Long Term and Child Care Policies in Italy Between Familism and Privatisation 11. Transformation of Elderly Care in Poland 12. Early Childhood Education and Care Provision in Spain 13. Divisions of Care Labour: Care for Older People and Migrant Workers in England 14. Similar Trends, Different Responses: The Transformation of Care in European Societies

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