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Social policy and family work: an emerging issue in the contemporary debate

Abstract:

This article aims at contributing to further debate about the relation between family and social policy, highlighting family work. It starts discussing its historical and conceptual aspects and discusses the issue of social protection in contemporary capitalism. In this context it emphasizes the split between the production and the reproduction world, as well as the incorporation of family work in the social policy debate. The integrating synthesis derives from the bibliography material, which makes it possible to through dialogue with the examined material.

Keywords:
Social policy; Family work; Family; Capitalism

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