Sheila M. Neysmith is a professor in the Factor-Inwentash School of Social Work at the University of Toronto.Marge Reitsma-Street is a professor emerita in the Studies in Policy and Practice Program and the School of Social Work at the University of Victoria.Stephanie Baker Collins is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at McMaster University.Elaine Porter is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Laurentian University.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 An Introduction: Conceptialising the Work of WOmen in the 21st Century Chapter 2 Securing the Future by Positioning the Past in the PresentSection AChapter 3 Provisioning Responsibilities of Women: Relationships Shape the Work Chapter 4 Collective Provisioning: Naming the Work of Vital SpacesSection BChapter 5 Producing Racial Knowledge in Community Programmes for 'At Risk' Young WomenChapter 6 Provisioning for Children in a Low Income Community Chapter 7 Revealing Older Women's Provisioning Responsibilities Chapter 8 Counting the Costs of Provisioning for Women Living on Low IncomesSection C Chapter 9 Collective Spaces as Incubators of Citizenship Chapter 10 A Sharing of Life's Glories Appendix 1 ReferencesIndex

Sheila M. Neysmith is a professor in the Factor-Inwentash School of Social Work at the University of Toronto.Marge Reitsma-Street is a professor emerita in the Studies in Policy and Practice Program and the School of Social Work at the University of Victoria.Stephanie Baker Collins is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at McMaster University.Elaine Porter is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Laurentian University.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 An Introduction: Conceptialising the Work of WOmen in the 21st Century Chapter 2 Securing the Future by Positioning the Past in the PresentSection AChapter 3 Provisioning Responsibilities of Women: Relationships Shape the Work Chapter 4 Collective Provisioning: Naming the Work of Vital SpacesSection BChapter 5 Producing Racial Knowledge in Community Programmes for 'At Risk' Young WomenChapter 6 Provisioning for Children in a Low Income Community Chapter 7 Revealing Older Women's Provisioning Responsibilities Chapter 8 Counting the Costs of Provisioning for Women Living on Low IncomesSection C Chapter 9 Collective Spaces as Incubators of Citizenship Chapter 10 A Sharing of Life's Glories Appendix 1 ReferencesIndex

Sheila M. Neysmith is a professor in the Factor-Inwentash School of Social Work at the University of Toronto.Marge Reitsma-Street is a professor emerita in the Studies in Policy and Practice Program and the School of Social Work at the University of Victoria.Stephanie Baker Collins is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at McMaster University.Elaine Porter is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Laurentian University.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 An Introduction: Conceptialising the Work of WOmen in the 21st Century Chapter 2 Securing the Future by Positioning the Past in the PresentSection AChapter 3 Provisioning Responsibilities of Women: Relationships Shape the Work Chapter 4 Collective Provisioning: Naming the Work of Vital SpacesSection BChapter 5 Producing Racial Knowledge in Community Programmes for 'At Risk' Young WomenChapter 6 Provisioning for Children in a Low Income Community Chapter 7 Revealing Older Women's Provisioning Responsibilities Chapter 8 Counting the Costs of Provisioning for Women Living on Low IncomesSection C Chapter 9 Collective Spaces as Incubators of Citizenship Chapter 10 A Sharing of Life's Glories Appendix 1 ReferencesIndex