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Caring on the Clock
. Ed(S): Duffy, Mignon; Armenia, Amy; Stacey, Clare L.
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Description for Caring on the Clock
Paperback. Editor(s): Duffy, Mignon; Armenia, Amy; Stacey, Clare L. Series: Families in Focus. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
A nurse inserts an I.V. A personal care attendant helps a quadriplegic bathe and get dressed. A nanny reads a bedtime story to soothe a child to sleep. Every day, workers like these provide critical support to some of the most vulnerable members of our society. Caring on the Clock provides a wealth of insight into these workers, who take care of our most fundamental needs, often at risk to their own economic and physical well-being. Caring on the Clock is the first book to bring together cutting-edge research on a wide range of paid care occupations, and to place the various fields within ... Read more
A nurse inserts an I.V. A personal care attendant helps a quadriplegic bathe and get dressed. A nanny reads a bedtime story to soothe a child to sleep. Every day, workers like these provide critical support to some of the most vulnerable members of our society. Caring on the Clock provides a wealth of insight into these workers, who take care of our most fundamental needs, often at risk to their own economic and physical well-being. Caring on the Clock is the first book to bring together cutting-edge research on a wide range of paid care occupations, and to place the various fields within ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Families in Focus
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813563114
SKU
V9780813563114
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Ref
99-1
About . Ed(S): Duffy, Mignon; Armenia, Amy; Stacey, Clare L.
MIGNON DUFFY is an associate professor of sociology and the associate director of the Center for Women and Work at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and the author of Making Care Count: A Century of Gender, Race, and Paid Care Work (Rutgers University Press). AMY ARMENIA is an associate professor of sociology at Rollins College, and has ... Read more
Reviews for Caring on the Clock
"A significant contribution to the field of care work, Caring on the Clock addresses important questions about how we conceptualize, theorize, and value care, as well as how public policy both rewards and devalues care work."
Mary Tuominen
Denison University
"This superb volume showcases the rich interdisciplinary literature on commodified carework. With sophistication and flair, contributors analyze the stark ... Read more
Mary Tuominen
Denison University
"This superb volume showcases the rich interdisciplinary literature on commodified carework. With sophistication and flair, contributors analyze the stark ... Read more