Movers or Stayers? Heterogeneity of Older Adults' Residential Profiles Across Continental Europe

Traditionally, the emotional attachment older adults have to their homes and the economic and health burden caused by residential moves have had a deterrent effect on mobility during old age. In spite of this static general trend, 20% of older Europeans change their residential location after the age of 65. Some studies point out that this percentage will increase in the coming decades along with the onset of baby-boom cohorts reaching older ages. The main objective of this article is to describe the residential mobility trends during old age in some European countries and identify the main features of those elderly that move after 65, using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

Central state child care policies in postauthoritarian Spain: Implications for gender and carework arrangements

In Spain, public preschool programs have continuously expanded in the past three decades. However, this education policy has done little to support increases in the proportion of women in the paid workforce. Preschool is not child care because the former does not address the care needed by children younger than three years old and offers programs with short hours and long holidays.Publicad

An overview of research on gender in Spanish society

This article presents an overview of research on gender in Spanish society. Six areas of literature are examined including families, education, work, politics, sexuality, and men. The author argues that political factors have shaped the development of sociology of gender in Spain and that there are still important gaps in coverage in this area of sociological inquiry.Publicad

Are gender equality institutions the policy allies of the feminist movement? A contingent "yes" in the Spanish central state

This article studies the extent to which gender equality institutions are the policy allies of the feminist movement in Spain. A policy ally of the feminist movement is defined as one that adopts the demands of the movement and includes them in the policy process. This article analyses the role played by the Women’s Institute (WI) between 1983 and 2003 in 12 policy debates, in a third of which the WI was an ally of the movement. Two circumstances are identified as necessary for the WI to act as an ally of the feminist movement, whilst other are not strictly necessary but have facilitated the WI acting as a policy ally of the movement.Publicad

Child care in Spain after 1975: The educational rationale, the Catholic Church, and women in civil society

This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript. The definitive version of this piece may be found in "Childcare and Preschool Development in Europe", edited by Kirsten Scheiwe and Harry Willekens, which can be purchased from www.palgrave.co