ABSTRACT
Child Care and Inequality provides an in-depth investigation of carework for children and youth of all ages. This outstanding collection of original essays encourages us to rethink carework and to explore policies that address the needs of both care recipients and careworkers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|72 pages
Rethinking Family Carework
chapter 3|14 pages
Las Madres en el Barrio
Godmothers, Othermothers, and Women's Power in a Community of Caregiving
chapter 4|14 pages
Nurturing Babies, Protecting Men
The Unequal Dynamics of Women's Postpartum Caregiving Practices
part II|50 pages
Family Intersections with the State
part III|93 pages
Carework in the Marketplace and Community
chapter 10|14 pages
Child Care across Sectors
A Comparison of the Work of Child Care in Three Settings
chapter 11|15 pages
Empowering Forces
Professional Careworkers in the Support Networks of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth
chapter 12|18 pages
Support Organizations for Parents of Children with Cancer
Local, National, and International Problems and Prospects
chapter 13|14 pages
“Where Teachers Can Make a Livable Wage”
Organizing to Address Gender and Racial inequalities in Paid Child Care Work
chapter 14|15 pages
Activist Mothering and Community Work
Fighting Oppression in Low-income Neighborhoods
