ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses changes in the concept of citizenship and their impact on the relationship between family and work, on the welfare mix, and on the economic changes in societies and consequences for family policy. It argues that the interviews can illustrate the strategies that families in five welfare states have chosen to cope with family life, given the labour market and existing childcare options. These five welfare states are: Roskilde; Nantes; Mannheim; Umea; and York. A great deal of data is available for researchers analysing family policy in different countries. There are national statistics, statistics from the European Union, the OECD, and also from the Luxembourg Income and Employment Studies. Qualitative analysis is frequently based on a limited number of interviews. Child care and child care arrangements, for example, depend to a very high degree on the institutional structure of the different countries’ systems.
