Feminist ethics and social policy : towards a new global political economy of care / edited by Rianne Mahon and Fiona Robinson.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Mahon, Rianne, 1948-
• Robinson, Fiona.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Women household employees.
• Women caregivers.
• Women foreign workers.
• Social policy--Moral and ethical aspects.
• Transnationalism--Social aspects.
• Feminist ethics.
• Transnationalism.
• Social aspects.
• Social policy.

Physical Description:

viii, 234 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2011]

Summary:

Nine chapters are presented by Mahon (political science, Wilfrid Laurier U., Canada) and Robinson (political science, Carleton U., Canada) with the intention of providing a feminist understanding of the impact of transnationalization (political and economic globalization) on intertwined aspects of care, understood as involving both the social politics of care work and the politico-philosophical ethics of care, which they define by quoting Virginia Held: "the compelling moral salience of attending to and meeting the needs of particular others for whom we take responsibility." The theme of combining understandings of the social politics and ethics of care within the context of transnationalization is brought to bear on studies examining experiences of internationally educated nurses in Canada, Filipino care workers in Japan, child care policies of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the World Bank, social investment policy in South Korea, and elder and child care in Japan since the 1990s. More theoretical chapters explore autonomy and hegemonic masculinities in the transnationalization of care, care work and the push factors of human trafficking, and a feminist democratic ethics of care and global care workers. Distributed in the US by U. of Washington Press and in Canada by the U. of Toronto Press. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-216) and index.

ISBN:

• 9780774821056
• 0774821051

OCLC:

727455418