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Care work : the quest for security / edited by Mary Daly.
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English
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1st ed.
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London : International Labour Office, 2001.
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Notes
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
English
Contents
Intro
PREFACE
CONTENTS
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION Mary Daly and Guy Standing
The time squeeze
The need for voice
The future of care work
Structure of the study
PART I CARE AS DECENT WORK
1 CARE WORK: OVERCOMING INSECURITY AND NEGLECT Guy Standing
Introduction
Care, identity and citizenship
Care work: A framework
Figure 1.1 The social process of care
Compensation: From gift to market
Income security: The role of the State
Conclusion
2 CARE POLICIES IN WESTERN EUROPE Mary Daly
Conceptualizations and definitions of care
The evolution of care as a concept
Care as a social policy analysis tool
Policy parameters of care
Table 2.1 Universe of provision for care
Provision for care in European welfare states
General outline of trends in provision
Public policies on care in European welfare states
Models of managing care in European welfare states
Table 2.2 Clustering of European countries on the basis of their provision for children
Table 2.3 Clustering of European countries on the basis of their provision for the elderly
Evaluating alternative ways of compensating for care
The different features of care as a policy good
Considering the likely effects of different policy measures
Table 2.4 How policy provisions rate in relation to different objectives
Overview
3 LEGITIMIZING CARE WORK AND THE ISSUE OF GENDER EQUALITY Jane Lewis
The crisis in care
Care and the erosion of the male breadwinner model
Table 3.1 Labour force participation as a percentage of population from age 15-64
Table 3.2 Part-time employment in 13 OECD countries ranked by part-time employment as a proportion of female employment (1979 and 1995, percentages)1.
Figure 3.1 Patterns of male and female paid work and arrangements for care
Anxieties about growing individualism and the implications for care
The nature of care work and an ethic of care
Policy implications
PART II CARE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
4 DEVELOPMENT, FREEDOM AND CARE: THE CASE OF INDIA Umadevi Sambasivan
Individualism and care in industrialized countries
The familial self in India
The self and child-care practices in India
The elderly in Indian society
5 EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA: SOME POLICY ISSUES Rekha Wazir
The case for ECCD
ECCD in the Indian context
ECCD indicators
Table 5.1 Child survival and development
ECCD programmes
Key policy issues
Conclusion: The need for dialogue
6 CHILD CARE AS PUBLIC POLICY IN BRAZIL Bila Sorj
Profile of the supply and demand for crèches and pre-school nurseries
Types of pre-school
Pre-school management
Child care as a social good
Social struggles
Public policies
Child care as a "right to education"
Tensions and ambiguities
7 SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR HOME-BASED CARE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Liana Lakunina, Natalia Stepantchikova and Tatyana Tchetvern
The background to social protection policies as they relate to care
Privileges to workers providing care for family members
System of state support for persons in need of care
Income benefits
Table 7.1 The most widespread social benefits and allowances for child care (Russian Federation)
Social-service-related assistance to the elderly and the disabled
Table 7.2 Evolution of home-based social services
Efficiency of the social protection system
Table 7.3 Ratio of minimum social guarantees to the subsistence minimum.
Reforming the social protection system
PART III CARE IN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
8 THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL CARE IN FINLAND: CHILD AND ELDER CARE IN TRANSITION Anneli Anttonen
The Scandinavian social care regime
Finnish child-care policy: Universalism and pluralism
Table 8.1 Publicly funded day care for children in Finland, 1965-98
Table 8.2 Care of children under age 3 in Finland, 1985-98
Elder care in transition
Support for informal caring: The system of home-care allowances
Table 8.3 The primary sources of help among people aged 65+ in Finland in 1994
Table 8.4 Care service provision for older people in Finland in 1998
9 CARE WORK: INNOVATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS Trudie Knijn
Welfare state and care discourse
The care-gap discourse
Substitution of formal by informal care discourse
The care and work discourse
The care and citizenship discourse
The ethics of care discourse
Care as a dimension of the "Combination Scenario"
Table 9.1 Types of families with children, 1998
Do women gain?
Care work: Another private solution
10 ACCOUNTING FOR CARE IN THE UNITED STATES Nancy Folbre
Defining care
The care labour force in the United States
The decline of home-making
Time-use surveys
Employment in care occupations
Employment in care industries
Three care industries
Health care
Child care
Elder care
Public support for care in the United States
Support for child rearing
PART lV REPRESENTATION FOR CARE WORK
11 FROM PRIVATE CARER TO PUBLIC ACTOR: THE CARERS' MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND Marian Barnes
The National Council for the Single Woman and her Dependants
"A stronger voice".
The Birmingham Community Care Special Action Project (CCSAP)
Consolidation
Informal care and the State
What do carers want from community care?
12 CARING FOR CARERS: AN EXAMPLE FROM IRELAND Eddie Collins-Hughes
The Carers Association of Ireland
Lobbying and advocacy
Providing for the needs of carers
The future
13 CREATING UNIONS, CREATING EMPLOYERS: A LOS ANGELES HOME-CARE CAMPAIGN Jess Walsh
The home-care industry and labour market
Creating a union of independent providers in Los Angeles
The emergence of the public authority model
Establishing a public authority in LA County
Home-care workers and consumers emerge as a political force
Back to the State: Reforming home-care funding in California
Conclusions: Security of care, security of work
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX.
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1-280-02822-X
OCLC
70732625
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