Forced to care : coercion and caregiving in America / Evelyn Nakano Glenn.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.Description: 262 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780674048799
  • 0674048792
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV 1451 .G64 2010
Contents:
Who cares? -- Caring for one's own and caring for a living -- The movement to reform women's caring -- From moral duty to legal obligation -- Paid caring in the home -- Neoliberalism and globalization -- Creating a caring society.
This title looks at the caregiving system in the US and compares it with slavery and other forms of forced labour. The book illuminates the source of contradictions between American beliefs about the value and importance of caring in a good society and the exploitation and devalued status of those who do the caring.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection HV 1451 .G64 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98645632

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Who cares? -- Caring for one's own and caring for a living -- The movement to reform women's caring -- From moral duty to legal obligation -- Paid caring in the home -- Neoliberalism and globalization -- Creating a caring society.

This title looks at the caregiving system in the US and compares it with slavery and other forms of forced labour. The book illuminates the source of contradictions between American beliefs about the value and importance of caring in a good society and the exploitation and devalued status of those who do the caring.

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