Forced to care : coercion and caregiving in America /
Glenn, Evelyn Nakano.
Forced to care : coercion and caregiving in America / Evelyn Nakano Glenn. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. - 262 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
9780674048799 0674048792
2009050638
GBB052700 bnb
101520469 DNLM 015535248 Uk
Caregivers--United States.
HV1451 / .G64 2010
362.1/04250973
WY 200 / F697 2010
Forced to care : coercion and caregiving in America / Evelyn Nakano Glenn. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. - 262 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
9780674048799 0674048792
2009050638
GBB052700 bnb
101520469 DNLM 015535248 Uk
Caregivers--United States.
HV1451 / .G64 2010
362.1/04250973
WY 200 / F697 2010