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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
