Care in Everyday Life: An Ethic of Care in Practice

ISBN-13: 9781847428233 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 224 str.

Marian Barnes

Opis

The essential idea of care in health and social policy has recently been swept aside as governments increasingly focus on freedom of choice in health and social services. In this wide-ranging book, Marian Barnes attempts to restore care as a fundamental value in private lives and public policy. Applying feminist ethics to topics such as well-being, social justice, and the ways we relate to one another and the places in which we live, she examines the public debate on care in social policy. Both accessible and broad, "Care in Everyday Life" reintroduces a much-needed humanitarian perspective on the policies and practices that affect so many people.

Spis treści

Introduction; Conceptual, philosophical and political perspectives on care; Care and intimate others; Working at care; Friends, neighbours and communities; Civility, respect and recognition: the 'comfort of strangers'?; Places and environments; Deliberating with care: achieving social and political change; Conclusion.