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An explanation for the significant differences between the Flemish & Dutch welfare state's child care provisions is offered. Overviews of the Flemish & Dutch welfare systems are provided, emphasizing the nature of each state's child care system & the relationship between women's participation in the labor market & families' use of child care. Arlie Hochschild's (1995) concept of "ideals of care" is introduced to understand how similar welfare systems have produced distinct child care programs. After noting that the origins of the Flemish & Dutch states' intervention in child care are similar (eg, the national labor market), conditions & events responsible for the superiority of the Flemish state's child care program are revealed. The extent of child care program choice & of welfare system restructuring accomplished in both states is then addressed. It is reported that the Flemish & Dutch states have adopted different ideals of care in determining the appropriate levels of child care; whereas the Flemish welfare state is dominated by the use of private providers who are generally mothers, it is stated that the Dutch system is characterized by the notion of parental sharing. The implications of political change in present-day Belgium for the Flemish welfare state & of parental sharing & surrogate mothering for achieving gender equality are also pondered. 3 Tables, 67 References. J. W. Parker

An explanation for the significant differences between the Flemish & Dutch welfare state's child care provisions is offered. Overviews of the Flemish & Dutch welfare systems are provided, emphasizing the nature of each state's child care system & the relationship between women's participation in the labor market & families' use of child care. Arlie Hochschild's (1995) concept of "ideals of care" is introduced to understand how similar welfare systems have produced distinct child care programs. After noting that the origins of the Flemish & Dutch states' intervention in child care are similar (eg, the national labor market), conditions & events responsible for the superiority of the Flemish state's child care program are revealed. The extent of child care program choice & of welfare system restructuring accomplished in both states is then addressed. It is reported that the Flemish & Dutch states have adopted different ideals of care in determining the appropriate levels of child care; whereas the Flemish welfare state is dominated by the use of private providers who are generally mothers, it is stated that the Dutch system is characterized by the notion of parental sharing. The implications of political change in present-day Belgium for the Flemish welfare state & of parental sharing & surrogate mothering for achieving gender equality are also pondered. 3 Tables, 67 References. J. W. Parker

AbstractThis article contributes to the ongoing debate on the representation of global poverty in Western media. Both NGOs and journalists are being criticized for their one‐sided emphasis on the misery and dependency of people in developing countries. The objective of this paper is to measure the extent of such problematizing representation in newspaper articles and NGO‐advertisements. A frame analysis was conducted of 876 articles and 284 advertisements from the Netherlands, Flanders and the United Kingdom. The results challenge some conventional assumptions. Overall, the 'victim frame' and 'pitiful images' do not dominate the discourse of NGOs and newspapers. However, British NGOs are an exception: they portray the poor as 'pitiful victims' twice as often as their counterparts in the Netherlands and Flanders. Furthermore, the findings confirm the conviction that the media predominantly highlight poor countries' dependence on the West. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Migration and Settlement -- Chapter 1 Flanders and the Flemish -- Chapter 2 Flanders and Scotland -- Chapter 3 Flemish Migration I: Knights and Mercenaries -- Chapter 4 Flemish Migration II: Merchants and Craftsmen -- Part II: Impact and Influence -- Chapter 5 Castles -- Chapter 6 Towns and Churches -- Chapter 7 Art, Artefacts and Artillery -- Chapter 8 Sport and Recreation -- Part III: Assimilation and Absorption -- Chapter 9 Language -- Chapter 10 Surnames -- Chapter 11 Scotticisation -- Chapter 12 The Fleming Family: A Case Study -- Conclusion -- Author Profiles -- Select Bibliography -- Picture Credits -- Index.

AbstractThis article focuses on furnishing practices in the domestic space of the homes of white Flemish and Dutch Muslim female converts to Islam who madehijra(Islamic migration) to Morocco. Fed up with European Islamophobia and longing for a place that supports and strengthens their faith, they decided to emigrate to a Muslim country. However, remarkably, once settled in Morocco, many experience discontent with regard to a perceived "lack of true Islam" in the country. To gain insight into the positions and experiences of these women, I look at how they create a sense of belonging through furnishing practices in the domestic space of their new homes. I am interested in how various senses of belonging are expressed and come together in relation to their construction of religious belonging and place, and are renegotiated through domestic decoration practices. Building on literature on home, transnational migration, conversion, and material religion, I demonstrate that mechanisms of distinction and notions of religious (im)perfection intersect in the organization of the domestic space. Based on ethnographic accounts, I argue that my interlocutors bring a "culturalized" West-European Islam to Morocco, with tastes and sensibilities that jostle uneasily against local Moroccan religious practices but also allows them to repair some of the privileges they lost upon their conversion in their homeland. Lastly, this article shows that it is through the engagement with mundane material forms, but also with absence and empty spaces, that Islam becomes present in their domestic spaces, enhancing the cultivation of their ethical selves.