Caring and Social Justice

ISBN-13: 9781403921628 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 216 str.

Marian Barnes

Opis

Care giving has become a high-profile issue in policy and practice, yet much of the literature conceives it as burdensome or even oppressive. Drawing extensively on real-life examples of care giving relationships, Caring and Social Justice reveals an uplifting alternative approach to caring that highlights its contribution to social cohesion and social justice. It offers a clear overview of the literature including debates about an 'ethic of care' and offers a thought-provoking survey ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate study.

Spis treści

Perspectives on Care and Care Giving.- Telling Stories of Care Giving: an Introduction to a Biographical Approach to Understanding Caring.- 'Just a Mother?' Parenthood and Care Giving.- Sons and Daughters.- Partners: In Sickness and In Health.- Carers' Perspectives on Care Giving.- Carers and the Carers' Movement.- Caring, Emotional Labour and Social Cohesion.- Caring Practices: Ethics and Narratives.- Caring in Policy Discourse.- References.

O autorze

MARIAN BARNES is Director of Social Research in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Birmingham, UK. Over the last 12 years she has worked extensively on user involvement and user self-organization in the context of health and social care. Her books include Care, Communities and Justice (1997) and (with Ric Bowl) Taking Over the Asylum (Palgrave Macmillan, 2000).