Feminist Ethics and Social Policy: Towards a New Global Political Economy of Care Contributor(s): Mahon, Rianne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0774821051 ISBN-13: 9780774821056 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Medical | Health Policy |
Dewey: 331.481 |
LCCN: 2011410474 |
Physical Information: 244 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: As national borders become more permeable, women are increasingly travelling from poor to rich countries to take up jobs as care workers. The struggle to maintain a healthy work-care balance in Western nations is creating a care deficit in the developing world. This volume links ethics to the social politics of care by examining the implications of the feminization of migrant labour and the shortcomings of social policy. From Canada to Sweden and from Korea to Japan, renowned and emerging scholars reveal that a truly feminist ethics of care must be grounded in the concrete lives of real people working in transnational webs of social relations. |