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Discover the groundbreaking book, 'The Care Crisis' by Emma Dowling, which explores the complex, multi-faceted nature of care in today’s world. This essential read delves into the profound implications of financialisation, austerity, and the state of social care systems. Valuing care and care work requires more than just assigning monetary worth; it demands a comprehensive understanding of the obstacles that render compassion a challenge in modern society. Through careful analysis, Dowling challenges the narratives surrounding self-care and societal responsibilities, initiating an important conversation about the urgent need for empathy in our increasingly disconnected world. This book is an essential resource for anyone invested in understanding the dynamics of care work and the societal pressures that impact it. Perfect for scholars, caregivers, and advocates alike, 'The Care Crisis' invites readers to reconsider the real value of care. The 240-page hardcover edition is published by Bloomsbury in 2021, ensuring a premium reading experience.
Order now and receive fast delivery options directly to your door. Experience a transformational narrative that pushes against the boundaries of traditional care frameworks. Your understanding of care in the modern world will never be the same.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781786630346
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages: 240
Description:
Valuing care and care work does not simply mean attributing care work more monetary value. To really achieve change, we must go further.
In this groundbreaking book, Emma Dowling charts the multi-faceted nature of care in the modern world, from the mantras of self-care and what they tell us about our anxieties, to the state of the social care system. She examines the relations of power that play profitability and care off in against one another in a myriad of ways, exposing the devastating impact of financialisation and austerity.
As the world becomes seemingly more uncaring, the calls for people to be more compassionate and empathetic towards one another in short, to care more become ever-more vocal. The Care Crisis challenges the idea that people ever stopped caring, but also that the deep and multi-faceted crises of our time will be solved by a simply (re)instilling the virtues of empathy. There is no easy fix.
The Care Crisis enquires into the ways in which the continued off-loading of the cost of care onto the shoulders of underpaid and unpaid realms of society, untangling how this off-loading combines with commodification, marketisation and financialisation to produce the mess we are living in. The Care Crisis charts the current experiments in short-term fixes to the care crisis that are taking place within Britain, with austerity as the backdrop. It maps the economy of abandonment, raising the question- to whom care is afforded? And what would it mean to seriously value care?
Order now and receive fast delivery options directly to your door. Experience a transformational narrative that pushes against the boundaries of traditional care frameworks. Your understanding of care in the modern world will never be the same.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781786630346
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages: 240
Description:
Valuing care and care work does not simply mean attributing care work more monetary value. To really achieve change, we must go further.
In this groundbreaking book, Emma Dowling charts the multi-faceted nature of care in the modern world, from the mantras of self-care and what they tell us about our anxieties, to the state of the social care system. She examines the relations of power that play profitability and care off in against one another in a myriad of ways, exposing the devastating impact of financialisation and austerity.
As the world becomes seemingly more uncaring, the calls for people to be more compassionate and empathetic towards one another in short, to care more become ever-more vocal. The Care Crisis challenges the idea that people ever stopped caring, but also that the deep and multi-faceted crises of our time will be solved by a simply (re)instilling the virtues of empathy. There is no easy fix.
The Care Crisis enquires into the ways in which the continued off-loading of the cost of care onto the shoulders of underpaid and unpaid realms of society, untangling how this off-loading combines with commodification, marketisation and financialisation to produce the mess we are living in. The Care Crisis charts the current experiments in short-term fixes to the care crisis that are taking place within Britain, with austerity as the backdrop. It maps the economy of abandonment, raising the question- to whom care is afforded? And what would it mean to seriously value care?