Caring and Gender (Paperback)

Are women naturally better caregivers than men? Can paid care in an institutuion be good care? Can voluntary community care replace government welfare? Is the caring family disappearing? What role should government play in supporting or regulating families? Is day care for children as good as home care? Using engaging case studies and research findings, this lively new book from the Gender Lens Series explores these and other questions and controversies, challenging the notion that caregiving is a "natural" pattern and demonstrating how it is thoroughly social. Written in an inviting and readable style, the authors address complex issues about caring, making them accessible to undergraduate students and lay people. The book shows those who will enter diverse caregiving professions how to see their particular occupation as influenced by the larger society and broader social relations of caring. It also shows how beliefs about gender and family shape caregiving, and how caregiving affects gender inequality.

General

Imprint:	AltaMira Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Gender Lens
Release date:	November 1999
First published:	2000
Authors:	Francesca M. Cancian • Stacey J. Oliker
Dimensions:	227 x 151 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	190
ISBN-13:	978-0-8039-9096-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8039-9096-0
Barcode:	9780803990968

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