Description
Book SynopsisIn Carefair, Paul Kershaw urges us to resist this private/public distinction, and makes a convincing case for treating caregiving as a matter of citizenship that obliges and empowers everyone in society.
Trade ReviewThis is a book well worth reading. It squarely addresses a policy issue that is fundamental to the pursuit of quality and equity, it is theoretically engaged while making concrete policy proposals, and it is closely argued ... That stated,
Carefair is an important and stimulating book. It should be widely read. -- Hugh Armstrong, Carleton University * Canadian Journal of Sociology Online, July-August 2006 *
Table of ContentsContents
Acknowledgments
1 Lamenting the Lazy Lavatory Syndrome: Political Theory, Policy,and Civic Virtue
2 The American ExpressTM Model of Citizenship: The Social LiberalTradition
3 The Celebrated Idiot: The Obliged Citizen
4 The Idiot’s Acumen
5 Premature Celebration
6 Private Time for Social Inclusion
7 Carefair
8 The Politics of Time
9 From LEGOTM to Teeter-Totter: Social Investment in Work-LifeBalance
Notes
References
Index
