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Care work, both paid and unpaid, contributes to well-being, social
development and economic growth. But the costs of providing care
are unequally borne across gender and social class. Feminist
scholarship on the gendered construction of welfare provisioning
and welfare regimes has produced a conceptually strong and
empirically grounded analysis of care, reinforcing the necessity of
rethinking the distinctions between "the public" and "the private"
as well as the links between them. Yet this analysis, premised on
post-industrial contexts, does not travel easily to other parts of
the world. Many of its core assumptions - about family structures,
labor markets, state capacities, and public social provisioning -
do not hold for a wider range of countries. Drawing on original
research on the care economy in three developing regions (Africa,
Asia, Latin America), this volume addresses a major empirical
lacuna while facilitating a conversation across the North-South
divide.
Care work, both paid and unpaid, contributes to well-being, social
development and economic growth. But the costs of providing care
are unequally borne across gender and social class. Feminist
scholarship on the gendered construction of welfare provisioning
and welfare regimes has produced a conceptually strong and
empirically grounded analysis of care, reinforcing the necessity of
rethinking the distinctions between "the public" and "the private"
as well as the links between them. Yet this analysis, premised on
post-industrial contexts, does not travel easily to other parts of
the world. Many of its core assumptions - about family structures,
labor markets, state capacities, and public social provisioning -
do not hold for a wider range of countries. Drawing on original
research on the care economy in three developing regions (Africa,
Asia, Latin America), this volume addresses a major empirical
lacuna while facilitating a conversation across the North-South
divide.
This book explores recent social policy reforms and innovations in
Chile. Focusing on four major reform episodes - health, pensions,
childcare, and maternity leave - Silke Staab unveils the complex
interplay of factors that have shaped the successes and failures of
actors pursuing positive gender change in social policy. She shows
that even in highly constrained settings positive gender change is
possible, but that its scope and quality are bound to vary in
response to sector-specific institutional constraints and
opportunities.
This book explores recent social policy reforms and innovations in
Chile. Focusing on four major reform episodes - health, pensions,
childcare, and maternity leave - Silke Staab unveils the complex
interplay of factors that have shaped the successes and failures of
actors pursuing positive gender change in social policy. She shows
that even in highly constrained settings positive gender change is
possible, but that its scope and quality are bound to vary in
response to sector-specific institutional constraints and
opportunities.
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