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9780761986867

Caring and Gender

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  • ISBN13:

    9780761986867

  • ISBN10:

    0761986863

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-08-01
  • Publisher: Altamira Pr
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Summary

Using engaging case studies and research findings, this lively new book from the Gender Lens Series challenges the notion that care-giving is a natural pattern and demonstrates how it is thoroughly social. Written in an inviting and readable style, the authors address complex issues about caring, making them accessible to undergraduate students and lay people.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Introduction xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Caring and Gender
1(12)
What Is Caring?
2(1)
Why Study Caring and Gender?
3(2)
Women's Caregiving in Families: Natural or Social?
5(4)
The Devaluation of Caregiving
9(1)
Caregiving and Inequality
10(1)
Plan of the Book
11(2)
Historical Glimpses
13(24)
Colonial Contrasts
14(7)
Work and Care Become ``Separate Spheres''
21(6)
``Every Woman Is a Nurse'': Caregiving Becomes a Profession
27(8)
Conclusion
35(2)
Caring in Families
37(34)
Families That Are Not Self-Sufficient
39(6)
Parental Care for Children
45(13)
Caring in Couples
58(4)
Conflicts Between Paid Work and Family Caring
62(3)
Family Care for People Who Are Chronically Ill or Severely Disabled
65(4)
Conclusion
69(2)
Paid Caregiving
71(30)
Obstacles to Good Paid Care: Devaluing Caring, Profit-Making, Bureaucracy, and Hierarchy
72(2)
Paid Care Can Be Good Care
74(2)
Undermining the Quality of Paid Care: The Example of Nursing Homes
76(11)
Separate, Gendered Spheres and the Devaluation of Caring
87(4)
Caregivers' Autonomy and Nonmedical Standards of Care: Case Studies of Good Paid Care
91(7)
The Care Receiver's Power
98(1)
Conclusion
99(2)
Governing Care
101(34)
How Do Governments Support Care?
101(4)
Gender, Care, and Welfare in the United States
105(9)
Government and Caregiving in Other Industrial Countries
114(7)
The Threat of ``Big Brother''
121(6)
How Can Government Both Support Caregiving and Promote Gender Equality?
127(6)
Conclusion
133(2)
Caregiving in Communities
135(14)
What Is Community Care?
136(1)
What Are the Benefits of Care in Communities?
137(4)
What Are the Limits of Caregiving in Communities?
141(7)
Conclusion
148(1)
The Future of Caregiving
149(12)
Explaining Gendered Caring and Gender Inequality
150(2)
Paths to Expanding Care and Gender Equality
152(9)
Notes and References 161(17)
Index 178(5)
About the Authors 183

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