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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827818103321

Titolo

Seen, heard and counted [[electronic resource] ] : rethinking care in a development context / / edited by Shahra Razavi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; Malden, MA, : John Wiley & Sons, c2012

ISBN

1-118-29728-8

1-280-58636-2

9786613616197

1-118-29727-X

1-118-29726-1

1-118-29729-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

Development and Change Special Issues

Altri autori (Persone)

RazaviShahra

Disciplina

362.709172/4

Soggetti

Work and family - Developing countries

Child care - Developing countries

Working mothers - Developing countries

Caregivers - Developing countries

Sexual division of labor - Developing countries

Family policy - Developing countries

Developing countries Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Originally published as Volume 42, Issue 4 of Development and Change."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Seen, Heard and Counted; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1 Rethinking Care in a Development Context: An Introduction; 2 The Good, the Bad and the Confusing: The Political Economy of Social Care Expansion in South Korea; 3 South Africa: A Legacy of Family Disruption; 4 Harsh Choices: Chinese Women's Paid Work and Unpaid Care Responsibilities under Economic Reform; 5 A Widening Gap? The Political and Social Organization of Childcare in Argentina; 6 Who Cares in Nicaragua? A Care Regime in an Exclusionary Social Policy Context; 7 A Perfect Storm? Welfare, Care, Gender and Generations in Uruguay

8 Stratified Familialism: The Care Regime in India through the Lens of



Childcare9 Putting Two and Two Together? Early Childhood Education, Mothers' Employment and Care Service Expansion in Chile and Mexico; 10 Going Global: The Transnationalization of Care; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 d