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Paul Kershaw - Carefair: Rethinking the Responsibilities and Rights of Citizenship - 9780774811606 - V9780774811606
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Carefair: Rethinking the Responsibilities and Rights of Citizenship

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Description for Carefair: Rethinking the Responsibilities and Rights of Citizenship Hardback. In Carefair, Paul Kershaw urges us to resist this private/public distinction, and makes a convincing case for treating caregiving as a matter of citizenship that obliges and empowers everyone in society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.

We often think of care as personal or intimate, and citzenship aspolitical and public. In Carefair, Paul Kershaw urges us toresist this private/public distinction, and makes a convincing case fortreating caregiving as a matter of citizenship that obliges andempowers everyone in society.

Carefair has its roots in the rise of "duty"discourses - in neoliberalism, communitarianism, the thrid way, socialconservatism, and feminism - that advocate renewed appreciation forobligations in civil society. The convergence of these discourses,Kershaw argues, signals the possibility for political compromise infavour of policies that will deter men from free-riding on female care.The author invites readers to rethink the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774811606
SKU
V9780774811606
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About Paul Kershaw
Paul Kershaw is a professor in the Faculty of GraduateStudies at the University of British Columbia and a faculty member inthe Human Early Learning Partnership.

Reviews for Carefair: Rethinking the Responsibilities and Rights of Citizenship
This is a book well worth reading. It squarely addresses a policy issue that is fundamental to the pursuit of quality and equity, it is theoretically engaged while making concrete policy proposals, and it is closely argued ... That stated, Carefair is an important and stimulating book. It should be widely read.
Hugh Armstrong, Carleton University
Canadian Journal ... Read more

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