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

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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'.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Harrington Meyer, Madonna, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2000.
Subjects:
Public welfare > United States.
Social service > United States.
Sex role > United States.
Aide sociale > États-Unis.
Service social > États-Unis.
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Public welfare.
Sex role.
Social policy.
Social service.
Seksen.
Arbeid.
Verzorgingsstaat.
Informele zorg.
United States > Social policy.
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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