Care in Everyday Life: An Ethic of Care in Practice

by Marian Barnes and Marian Barnes

Book Overview

Care has been struggled for, resisted and celebrated. The failure to care in 'care services' has been seen as a human rights problem and evidence of malaise in contemporary society. But care has also been implicated in the oppression of disabled people and demoted in favour of choice in health and social care services. In this bold wide ranging book Marian Barnes argues for care as an essential value in private lives and public policies. She considers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847428223
• ISBN13: 9781847428226
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"