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 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 existing inequalitiesComes at a moment when, if not yet marked by a generalized care crisis, the world’s existing systems are under strain and in need of rethinkingFeatures introductory chapters that set out the conceptual framework and findings on individual country studies, and a concluding chapter that draws out the transnational dimensions of care INDICE: Notes on Contributors vii1 Rethinking Care in a Development Context: An Introduction 1Shahra Razavi2 The Good, the Bad and the Confusing: The Political Economy of Social Care Expansion in South Korea 31Ito Peng3 South Africa: A Legacy of Family Disruption 51Debbie Budlender and Francie Lund4 Harsh Choices: Chinese Women’s Paid Work and Unpaid Care Responsibilities under Economic Reform 73Sarah Cook and Xiao-yuan Dong5 AWidening Gap? The Political andSocial Organization of Childcare in Argentina 93Eleonor Faur6 Who Cares in Nicaragua? A Care Regime in an Exclusionary Social Policy Context 121Juliana Martínez Franzoni and Koen Voorend7 A Perfect Storm?Welfare, Care, Gender and Generations in Uruguay 149Fernando Filgueira, Magdalena Guti´errez and Jorge Papadópulos8 Stratified Familialism: The Care Regime in India through the Lens of Childcare 175Rajni Palriwala and Neetha N.9 Putting Two and Two Together? Early Childhood Education, Mothers’ Employment and Care Service Expansion in Chile and Mexico 205Silke Staab and Roberto Gerhard10 Going Global: The Transnationalization of Care 233Nicola YeatesIndex 255

• ISBN: 978-1-118-29726-1
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 280
• Fecha Publicación: 19/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés