A Labour of Love: Women, Work and Caring

ISBN-13: 9781032302133 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 190 str.

Janet Finch; Dulcie Groves

Opis

What are the realities of ‘community care’ – the unpaid care given by hundreds of thousands of women, for children and adults who are handicapped or chronically sick, or for frail elderly people? First published in 1983, this book explores the experiences of such women and the dilemmas which ‘caring’ poses for them.

Spis treści

Notes on Contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Part 1: The Social Context of Caring, 1. Caring: A Labour of Love, 2. Why Do Women Care?, Part 2: The Experience of Caring, 3. Employment, Women and Their Disabled Children, 4. The Caring Wife, 5. Single Carers: Employment, Housework and Caring, 6. Care for Elderly People: A Conflict Between Women and the State, Part 3: The Economics of Caring, 7. The Economics of Work and Caring, 8. Natural Selection: Perspectives on Entitlement to the Invalid Care Allowance, Notes, Bibliography, Index