Child Care and Inequality provides an in-depth investigation of carework for children and youth of all ages. This outstanding collection of original essays encourages us to rethink carework and to explore policies that address the needs of both care recipients and careworkers.
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Child Care and Inequality provides an in-depth investigation of carework for children and youth of all ages. This outstanding collection of original essays encourages us to rethink carework and to explore policies that address the needs of both care recipients and careworkers.
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Very good. Ex-library. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 266 p. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2002021963 Type of material Book Main title Child care and inequality: rethinking carework for children and youth / edited by Francesca M. Cancian...[et al.]. Published/Created New York: Routledge, 2002. Description vi, 266 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0415933501 041593351X (pbk. ) LC classification HQ778.63. C52 2002 Related names Cancian, Francesca M. Contents Rethinking family carework. American women tending sick and disabled children, 1850-1940 / Emily K. Abel--Poor mothers and the care of teenage children / Demie Kurz--Las madres en el barrio: godmothers, othermothers, and women's power in a community of caregiving / JoAnn DeFiore--Nurturing babies, protecting men: the unequal dynamics of women's postpartum caregiving practices / Christa Kelleher, Bonnie Fox--Defining "good" child care: hegemonic and democratic standards / Francesca M. Cancian--Family intersections with the state. Making poor mothers fungible: the privatization of foster care / Barbara Bennett Woodhouse--Children and chronic health conditions: welfare reform and health-related carework / Andrew S. London, Ellen K. Scott, Vicki Hunter--Caregiving, welfare states, and mothers' poverty / Karen Christopher--Carework in the marketplace and community. Care, inequality, and policy / Paula England, Nancy Folbre--Child care across sectors: a comparison of the work of child care in three settings / Heather M. Fitz Gibbon--Empowering forces: professional careworkers in the support networks of gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth / Eric R. Wright, Robert E. Connoley--Support organizations for parents of children with cancer: local, national, and international problems and prospects / Mark Chesler--"Where teachers can make a livable wage": organizing to address gender and racial inequalities in paid child care work / Mary C. Tuominen--Activist mothering and community work: fighting oppression in low-income neighborhoods / Nancy A. Naples. Subjects Child care--United States. Children with social disabilities--Care--United States. Youth with social disabilities--Care--United States. Child welfare--United States. Equality--United States. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-255) and index. Dewey class no. 362.71/2/0973 Geographic area code n-us---National bib no. GBA2-68051 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocm49384125
