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Care Work

Gender, Labor, and the Welfare State

Care Work
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The Work of Caring is a collection of original essays on the meaning of providing care. These essays address not only the work of caring for the elderly, but also the work of caring for children, the infirm and those with disabilities. The essays will approach the topic from an ethical standpoint and also from a more practical, feminist and sociological point of view. For example, contributors examine the disturbing consequences of dismantling the welfare state for working women, who might not be able to afford day-care on their own, and their children. The main goal of this book is to reconceive the notion of care work, beginning with steps as simple as replacing the phrase 'caregiver' with the phrase 'care worker'.
Routledge; September 2000
361 pages; ISBN 9781135959586
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