Care Work: Gender, Labor, and the Welfare State

ISBN 10: 0415925428 / ISBN 13: 9780415925426

Published by Routledge, 2000

About this Item

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'. Editor(s): Meyer, Madonna Harrington. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKS; JPQB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498. . 2000. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9780415925426

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Care Work: Gender, Labor, and the Welfare State
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415925428
• ISBN 13: 9780415925426
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Care Work is a collection of original essays on the complexities of providing care. These essays emphasize how social policies intersect with gender, race, and class to alternately compel women to perform care work and to constrain their ability to do so. Leading international scholars from a range of disciplines provide a groundbreaking analysis of the work of caring in the context of the family, the market, and the welfare state.

About the Author

Madonna Harrington Meyer is Associate Professor of Sociology, and Senior Research Associate, at the Center for Policy Research, at Syracuse University. Her research focuses on old age policy in the United States and appears in such journals as the American SociologicalReview, Journal of Health and Social Policy, Gender andSociety, and Social Problems