Highlighting what can be learned from individual experiences, the book analyses the changing welfare and labour market policies which shape the lives of working carers in Finland, Sweden, Australia, England, Japan and Taiwan.

Reconciling work and care: an international analysis ~ Teppo Kröger and Sue Yeandle; The emergence of policy supporting working carers: developments in six countries ~ Sue Yeandle, Teppo Kröger et al; Part One: Working carers of older people; Family rediscovered? Working carers of older people in Finland and Sweden ~ Outi Jolanki, Marta Szebehely and Kaisa Kauppinen; Working carers of older people: steps toward securing adequate support in Australia and England? ~ Sue Yeandle and Bettina Cass; Struggling for recognition: working carers of older people in Japan and Taiwan ~ Frank T.Y. Wang, Masaya Shimmei, Yoshiko Yamada and Machiko Osawa; Part Two: Working parent-carers of disabled children; Parent-carers of disabled children in Finland and Sweden: socially excluded by a labour of love ~ Sonja Miettinen, Kristina Engwall and Antti Teittinen; Reconciling work and care for parent-carers of disabled children in Australia and England: uncertain progress ~ Sue Yeandle and kylie valentine; Parent-carers in Taiwan and Japan: lifelong caring responsibilities within a familistic welfare system ~ Yueh-Ching Chou, Toshiko Nakano, Heng-Hao Chang and Li-Fang Liang; Part Three: Working partner-carers; Reconciling partner-care and paid work in Finland and Sweden: challenges and coping strategies ~ Anu Leinonen and Ann-Britt Sand; 'In sickness and in health' and beyond: reconciling work and care for a partner in Australia and England ~ Gary Fry, Cathy Thomson and Trish Hill; Partner-care in the East Asian system: combining paid work and caring in Taiwan and Japan ~ Mei-Chun Liu and Machiko Osawa; Conclusions: Reconciling work and care for older parents, disabled children and partners: convergent or separate paths in three welfare systems? ~ Sue Yeandle and Teppo Kröger. 

"The book is structured well, easy to read and follow. It aims to provide comment, knowledge and insight into the reconciliation of employed work, services carers can access, financial assistance, rights and entitlements in employment" - British Journal of Social Work, Marietjie Joubert

• addresses growing debates on population ageing and increasing participation of women in the labour market • truly comparative and global in nature this book analyses the welfare and labour market policies that affect working carers • combines policy analysis with in-depth study of everyday experiences.