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Seen, heard and counted rethinking care in a development context /

Contributors analyze the care economy in the developing world, at a moment when existing systems are under strain and new ideas are coming into focus. Offers the first global, regionally diverse study of the "invisible economy" of care, including case studies from diverse regional contexts...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Group Author: Razavi, Shahra
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Work and family > Developing countries
Child care > Developing countries
Working mothers > Developing countries
Caregivers > Developing countries
Sexual division of labor > Developing countries
Family policy > Developing countries
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare
Caregivers
Child care
Family policy
Sexual division of labor
Social policy
Work and family
Working mothers
Developing countries > Social policy
Developing countries
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118297261
Summary: Contributors analyze the care economy in the developing world, at a moment when existing systems are under strain and new ideas are coming into focus. Offers the first global, regionally diverse study of the "invisible economy" of care, including case studies from diverse regional contexts of Africa, Asia and Latin AmericaFrames the debate on care and highlights policy experimentation and ideas currently in flux Includes new research and data on developing countries, showing how, where care options for the socially disadvantaged are limited, failing to socialize the costs of care exacerbates
Item Description: Includes index.
"Originally published as Volume 42, Issue 4 of Development and Change."
Carrier Form: 1 online resource.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781118297261 (electronic bk.)
1118297261 (electronic bk.)
9781118297292 (electronic bk.)
1118297296 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: HD4904
CLC: C913.1
Contents: Front Matter -- Rethinking Care in a Development Context: An Introduction / Shahra Razavi -- The Good, the Bad and the Confusing: The Political Economy of Social Care Expansion in South Korea / Ito Peng -- South Africa: A Legacy of Family Disruption / Debbie Budlender, Francie Lund -- Harsh Choices: Chinese Women's Paid Work and Unpaid Care Responsibilities under Economic Reform / Sarah Cook, Xiao-yuan Dong -- A Widening Gap? The Political and Social Organization of Childcare in Argentina / Eleonor Faur -- Who Cares in Nicaragua? A Care Regime in an Exclusionary Social Policy Context / Julia

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