Valuing Care Work – Comparative Perspectives Benoit Hallgrimsdottir Paperback

Valuing Care WorkComparative Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Cecilia Benoit, Helga Hallgrimsdottir\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781442610927, 978-1442610927\nSynopsis\nThere are many forms of paid and unpaid labour encompassed in health care systems, including home care for the elderly or disabled, community health services, and the care family members provide for loved ones. Valuing Care Work is an international comparative study that examines economic organizations as well as intimate settings to show how personal service work is shaped by broader welfare state developments.\n\n To trace the relationships between gender, labour, and equity in health care, the essays in this volume analyse the rules and practices that shape care work. The contributors highlight how national configurations of the welfare state shape the gendering of paid and unpaid intimate labour in a range of settings and discuss how th.