Feminist Ethics and Social Policy: Towards a New Global Political Economy of Care Pdf Reviews

Book Detail
Edition: 1
Release: 2012-01-25
Publisher: UBC Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 077482106X
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

Feminist Ethics and Social Policy pdf
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As the boundaries between nations become more permeable, women are
increasingly on the move, travelling from poor countries to rich ones
to work as nannies, nurses, teachers, maids, and sex workers. The
struggle to maintain a healthy balance between work, family, and care
in Western nations is creating a care deficit in the developing
world.

 

Feminist Ethics and Social Policy links ethics to the
social politics of care by revealing the implications of the
feminization of migrant labour and the shortcomings of social policy at
the national level. Drawing on innovative theories of gender and race,
global justice and neocolonialism, and care and masculinity, renowned
and emerging scholars trace how recent policy developments are
transforming the lives of female care workers in Canada, Sweden, Korea,
and Japan and sparking national debates on care. They demonstrate that
ethics cannot be separated from practice -- an ethics of care that Download Feminist Ethics and Social Policy for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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