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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172256003321

Autore

Sevenhuijsen Selma

Titolo

Citizenship and the ethics of care : feminist considerations on justice, morality, and politics / / Selma Sevenhuijsen ; translated from Dutch by Liz Savage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

1-134-69723-6

1-134-69724-4

1-280-03701-6

0-203-16938-7

0-203-28583-2

Descrizione fisica

ix, 202 p

Disciplina

362/.0425

Soggetti

Human services - Moral and ethical aspects

Caregivers

Feminist ethics

Feminist theory

Justice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Has head, hands, feet and heart -- chapter 2 The morality of feminism -- chapter 3 Paradoxes of gender: ethical and epistemological perspectives on care in feminist political theory -- chapter 4 Care and justice in the public debate on child custody -- chapter 5 Feminist ethics and public health-care policies: a case-study on the Netherlands.

Sommario/riassunto

Care and women's emancipation have often been seen as opposed. Politicians have begun to look again at the issue of care in the context of new reforms in the welfare state, health care policies and family law. Using concrete examples taken from parental rights cases, health care education and the public health sector. Using concrete examples taken from the practice and discourse of care, those found in parental rights issues, health care education, the family and in the public health sector,



Sevenhuijsen argues for revaluation of care from a feminist perspective.