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Rethinking Care in a Development Context

AvShahra Razavi

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

Del 4 i serien Development and Change Special Issues

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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 fluxIncludes new research and data on developing countries, showing how, where care options for the socially disadvantaged are limited, failing to socialize the costs of care exacerbates existing inequalitiesComes at a moment when, if not yet marked by a generalized care crisis, the world’s existing systems are under strain and in need of rethinkingFeatures introductory chapters that set out the conceptual framework and findings on individual country studies, and a concluding chapter that draws out the transnational dimensions of care

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