Care work : the quest for security / edited by Mary Daly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daly, Mary E.

International Labour Office, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caregivers.

Caregivers--Case studies.

Caregivers--Finance.

Caregivers--Finance--Case studies.

Home care services--Finance.

Home care services.

Home care services--Finance--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : International Labour Office, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This insightful volume argues that care workers --those looking after children, the elderly, and people with disabilities --require security similar to any other group of workers. It provides a valuable overview and analysis of care work as a relevant social policy phenomenon in industrialized and developing countries around the world, while exploring pivotal questions such as how provisions for care are made, who is to benefit, and who is to pay.

Contents:

Intro

PREFACE

CONTENTS

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION Mary Daly and Guy Standing

The time squeeze

The need for voice

The future of care work

Structure of the study

PART I CARE AS DECENT WORK

1 CARE WORK: OVERCOMING INSECURITY AND NEGLECT Guy Standing

Introduction

Care, identity and citizenship

Care work: A framework

Figure 1.1 The social process of care

Compensation: From gift to market

Income security: The role of the State

Conclusion

2 CARE POLICIES IN WESTERN EUROPE Mary Daly

Conceptualizations and definitions of care

The evolution of care as a concept

Care as a social policy analysis tool

Policy parameters of care

Table 2.1 Universe of provision for care

Provision for care in European welfare states

General outline of trends in provision

Public policies on care in European welfare states

Models of managing care in European welfare states

Table 2.2 Clustering of European countries on the basis of their provision for children

Table 2.3 Clustering of European countries on the basis of their provision for the elderly

Evaluating alternative ways of compensating for care

The different features of care as a policy good

Considering the likely effects of different policy measures

Table 2.4 How policy provisions rate in relation to different objectives

Overview

3 LEGITIMIZING CARE WORK AND THE ISSUE OF GENDER EQUALITY Jane Lewis

The crisis in care

Care and the erosion of the male breadwinner model

Table 3.1 Labour force participation as a percentage of population from age 15-64

Table 3.2 Part-time employment in 13 OECD countries ranked by part-time employment as a proportion of female employment (1979 and 1995, percentages)1.

Figure 3.1 Patterns of male and female paid work and arrangements for care

Anxieties about growing individualism and the implications for care

The nature of care work and an ethic of care

Policy implications

PART II CARE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

4 DEVELOPMENT, FREEDOM AND CARE: THE CASE OF INDIA Umadevi Sambasivan

Individualism and care in industrialized countries

The familial self in India

The self and child-care practices in India

The elderly in Indian society

5 EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA: SOME POLICY ISSUES Rekha Wazir

The case for ECCD

ECCD in the Indian context

ECCD indicators

Table 5.1 Child survival and development

ECCD programmes

Key policy issues

Conclusion: The need for dialogue

6 CHILD CARE AS PUBLIC POLICY IN BRAZIL Bila Sorj

Profile of the supply and demand for crèches and pre-school nurseries

Types of pre-school

Pre-school management

Child care as a social good

Social struggles

Public policies

Child care as a "right to education"

Tensions and ambiguities

7 SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR HOME-BASED CARE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Liana Lakunina, Natalia Stepantchikova and Tatyana Tchetvern

The background to social protection policies as they relate to care

Privileges to workers providing care for family members

System of state support for persons in need of care

Income benefits

Table 7.1 The most widespread social benefits and allowances for child care (Russian Federation)

Social-service-related assistance to the elderly and the disabled

Table 7.2 Evolution of home-based social services

Efficiency of the social protection system

Table 7.3 Ratio of minimum social guarantees to the subsistence minimum.

Reforming the social protection system

PART III CARE IN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES

8 THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL CARE IN FINLAND: CHILD AND ELDER CARE IN TRANSITION Anneli Anttonen

The Scandinavian social care regime

Finnish child-care policy: Universalism and pluralism

Table 8.1 Publicly funded day care for children in Finland, 1965-98

Table 8.2 Care of children under age 3 in Finland, 1985-98

Elder care in transition

Support for informal caring: The system of home-care allowances

Table 8.3 The primary sources of help among people aged 65+ in Finland in 1994

Table 8.4 Care service provision for older people in Finland in 1998

9 CARE WORK: INNOVATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS Trudie Knijn

Welfare state and care discourse

The care-gap discourse

Substitution of formal by informal care discourse

The care and work discourse

The care and citizenship discourse

The ethics of care discourse

Care as a dimension of the "Combination Scenario"

Table 9.1 Types of families with children, 1998

Do women gain?

Care work: Another private solution

10 ACCOUNTING FOR CARE IN THE UNITED STATES Nancy Folbre

Defining care

The care labour force in the United States

The decline of home-making

Time-use surveys

Employment in care occupations

Employment in care industries

Three care industries

Health care

Child care

Elder care

Public support for care in the United States

Support for child rearing

PART lV REPRESENTATION FOR CARE WORK

11 FROM PRIVATE CARER TO PUBLIC ACTOR: THE CARERS' MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND Marian Barnes

The National Council for the Single Woman and her Dependants

"A stronger voice".

The Birmingham Community Care Special Action Project (CCSAP)

Consolidation

Informal care and the State

What do carers want from community care?

12 CARING FOR CARERS: AN EXAMPLE FROM IRELAND Eddie Collins-Hughes

The Carers Association of Ireland

Lobbying and advocacy

Providing for the needs of carers

The future

13 CREATING UNIONS, CREATING EMPLOYERS: A LOS ANGELES HOME-CARE CAMPAIGN Jess Walsh

The home-care industry and labour market

Creating a union of independent providers in Los Angeles

The emergence of the public authority model

Establishing a public authority in LA County

Home-care workers and consumers emerge as a political force

Back to the State: Reforming home-care funding in California

Conclusions: Security of care, security of work

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-02822-X

OCLC:

70732625