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

• Pubblicazione: Chichester ; ; Malden, MA, : John Wiley & Sons, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.709172/4
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Social policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RazaviShahra
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Seen, heard and counted
• ISBN: 1-118-29728-8; 1-280-58636-2; 9786613616197; 1-118-29727-X; 1-118-29726-1; 1-118-29729-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910141333803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Development and Change Special Issues