Seen, Heard and Counted: Rethinking Care in a Development ContextISBN: 978-1-4443-6153-7
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276 pages
April 2012, Wiley-Blackwell
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Contributors analyze the care economy in the developing world, at a moment when existing systems are under strain and new ideas are coming into focus.
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Offers the first global, regionally diverse study of the “invisible economy” of care, including case studies from diverse regional contexts of Africa, Asia and
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Frames the debate on care and highlights policy experimentation and ideas currently in flux
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Includes new research and data on developing countries, showing how, where care options for the socially disadvantaged are limited, failing to socialize the costs of care exacerbates existing inequalities
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Comes at a moment when, if not yet marked by a generalized care crisis, the world’s existing systems are under strain and in need of rethinking
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Features introductory chapters that set out the conceptual framework and findings on individual country studies, and a concluding chapter that draws out the transnational dimensions of care
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