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Care work : gender, class, and the welfare state /

This book is a collection of original essays on the meaning of providing care. The main goal of this book is to re-conceive the notion of care work, beginning with replacing the phrase 'caregiver' with the phrase 'care worker'.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Harrington Meyer, Madonna, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2000.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Historical perspective on care / Emily K. Abel
  • History of men's caring / Scott Coltrane and Justin Galt
  • Claiming the right to care / Sonya Michel
  • Impact of social activism on gender identity and care work / Ann Herda-Rapp
  • Cash in care / Clare Ungerson
  • Caring by the book / Deborah Stone
  • Conflicts of caring / Mary Tuominen
  • Paid emotional care / Francesca M. Cancian
  • International division of caring and cleaning work / Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
  • Examining care at welfare's end / Stacey J. Oliker
  • Paying for care / Demie Kurz
  • Filling in the gaps in long term care insurance / Jennifer M. Mellor
  • Shifting the burden back to families? / Madonna Harrington Meyer and Michelle Kesterke Storbakken
  • Marketization and the struggling logics of (home) care in The Netherlands / Trudie Knijn
  • Disability reform and women's caring work / Rannveig Traustadóttr
  • "Making a way outta no way" / Assata Zerai
  • Hope for the children / Brenda Krause Eheart and Martha Bauman Power.