{"product_id":"seen-heard-and-counted-isbn-9781444361537","title":"Seen, Heard and Counted","description":"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.   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eOffers the first global, regionally diverse study of the “invisible economy” of care, including case studies from diverse regional contexts of Africa, Asia and \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eLatin America\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eFrames the debate on care and highlights policy experimentation and ideas currently in flux \u003c\/div\u003e   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eIncludes 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\u003c\/div\u003e   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eComes 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\u003c\/div\u003e   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eFeatures 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\u003c\/div\u003e  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cb\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/b\u003e vii  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Rethinking Care in a Development Context: An Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShahra Razavi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Good, the Bad and the Confusing: The Political Economy of Social Care Expansion in South Korea\u003c\/b\u003e 31\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIto Peng\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 South Africa: A Legacy of Family Disruption\u003c\/b\u003e 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDebbie Budlender and Francie Lund\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Harsh Choices: Chinese Women’s Paid Work and Unpaid Care Responsibilities under Economic Reform\u003c\/b\u003e 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Cook and Xiao-yuan Dong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 AWidening Gap? The Political and Social Organization of Childcare in Argentina\u003c\/b\u003e 93\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEleonor Faur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Who Cares in Nicaragua? A Care Regime in an Exclusionary Social Policy Context\u003c\/b\u003e 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJuliana Martínez Franzoni and Koen Voorend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 A Perfect Storm?Welfare, Care, Gender and Generations in Uruguay\u003c\/b\u003e 149\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFernando Filgueira, Magdalena Guti´errez and Jorge Papadópulos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Stratified Familialism: The Care Regime in India through the Lens of Childcare\u003c\/b\u003e 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRajni Palriwala and Neetha N.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Putting Two and Two Together? Early Childhood Education, Mothers’ Employment and Care Service Expansion in Chile and Mexico\u003c\/b\u003e 205\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSilke Staab and Roberto Gerhard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Going Global: The Transnationalization of Care\u003c\/b\u003e 233\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicola Yeates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex\u003c\/b\u003e 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShahra Razavi\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Researcher at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). She specializes in the gender dimensions of social development, with a particular focus on livelihoods and social policy. Her recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Gendered Impacts of Liberalization: Towards \"Embedded Liberalism\"\u003c\/i\u003e? (2009) and \u003ci\u003eGender and Social Policy in a Global Context: Uncovering the Gendered Structure of 'the Social'\u003c\/i\u003e, edited with Shireen Hassim (2006).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWith two decades of research behind it, the \"invisible economy\" of care is a critical area of scientific enquiry and policy action. However, far from being global, much of the public debate has been limited to advanced industrialized countries. There is extensive scholarly conversation about the care dimensions of Europe's welfare regimes, for example.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, governments in developing countries—where economic restructuring raises perennial concerns about social reproduction, and women's increasing burdens of unpaid care work—are experimenting with new ways of responding to care needs in their societies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors from a wide range of backgrounds extend our understanding of the care economy in the developing world at a moment when existing systems are under strain and new ideas are coming into focus. Empirically grounded case studies of countries as diverse as China, Nicaragua, India and South Africa shed new light both on existing care arrangements and changing policies. This book offers important insights about what it will mean to provide dignified care in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990000976101,"sku":"NP9781444361537","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444361537.jpg?v=1761786170","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/seen-heard-and-counted-isbn-9781444361537","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}