A Caring Society?: Care and the Dilemmas of Human Services in the 21st Century

ISBN-13: 9780333993385 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 272 str.

Michael D. Fine

Opis

Care is no longer a private concern. In the era of high modernity, characterized by population aging, family fragmentation and the entry of women into the paid workforce, it has become a major public issue. This important text offers a systematic, comparative analysis of the sociology, philosophy and emergent practices of care in the context of the political economy of post-industrial societies.

Spis treści

Introduction.- The Emergence of Care as a Public Concern.- PART ONE: THEORIES AND ARGUMENTS ABOUT CARE.- Defining and Claiming Care.- A Profession of Care: Care in Contemporary Nursing Theory.- Promoting an Ethic of Care for an Unjust World.- Carers and Care Work: Social Policy Analysts on Care.- PART TWO: THE POLITICS OF CARE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.- Demography, Aging and the Need for Care in the 21st Century.- Work/Life Conflict and the Politics of Child Care.- PART THREE: CARE AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY.- The Body, Individualization and the Transformation of Personal Life.- Risk, Care and New Logic of Global Capitalism.

O autorze

MICHAEL FINE is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Deputy Director, Centre for Research on Social Inclusion at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.