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A Labour of Love - Women, Work and Caring (Hardcover)
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A Labour of Love - Women, Work and Caring (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women and Work
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What are the realities of 'community care' - the unpaid care given
by hundreds of thousands of women, often in their own homes - for
children and adults who are handicapped or chronically sick, or for
frail elderly people? Originally published in 1983, this book
explores the experiences of such women and the dilemmas which
'caring' poses for them. At a time when most women needed to earn
money from a paid job, how did 'carers' manage to juggle their
caring and other domestic responsibilities, and what happened if
they had to give up work? Against a background of government
policies which favour care 'by' the community, the contributors to
this book raise crucial issues for social and economic policy.
Hilary Graham examines what caring really means and Clare Ungerson
asks why women do it. Sally Baldwin and Caroline Glendinning focus
on mothers with handicapped children and Fay Wright on single
adults with elderly dependants. Alan Walker highlights the
dependencies implicit in caring relationships with the elderly.
Lesley Rimmer looks at the economic 'costs' of care, and Dulcie
Groves and Janet Finch examine the invalid care allowance - a
carers' benefit for which married women can never qualify. In
exploring the domestic sector of welfare, A Labour of Love was a
highly topical contribution to the debate both on welfare provision
and on the division of labour between men and women at the time.
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