Main description:

Over the last 20 years there has been a flourishing of work on feminist care ethics. This collection makes a unique contribution to this body of work. The international contributors demonstrate the significance of care ethics as a transformative way of thinking across diverse geographical, policy and interpersonal contexts. From Tronto's analysis of global responsibilities, to Fudge Schormans' re-imagining of care from the perspective of people with learning disabilities, chapters highlight the necessity of thinking about the ethics of care to achieve justice and well-being within policies and practice. This book will be essential reading for all those seeking such outcomes.

Contents:

Section One: Conceptual and Theoretical Developments;
Introduction: the critical significance of care ~ Marian Barnes, Tula Brannelly, Lizzie Ward, Nicki Ward;
Democratic Caring and Global Care Responsibilities ~ Joan C. Tronto;
Beyond the dyad: exploring the multidimensionality of care ~ Marian Barnes;
Caring for ourselves? Self-care neo-liberalism ~ Lizzie Ward;
Care Ethics, Intersectionality and Post Structuralism ~ Nicki Ward;
Care ethics and indigenous values -political, personal and tribal ~ Amohia Boulton and Tula Brannelly;
Privilege and responsibility in the South African context ~ Vivienne Bozalek;
Empathy in pursuit of a caring ethic in International development ~ Diego de Merich;
Section two: Care Ethics in Practice;
Exploring possibilities in telecare for aging societies ~ Ingunn Moser and Hilde Thygesen;
Paradoxical constructions in Danish elderly care ~ Anne Liveng;
Contours of matriarchy in care for people living with AIDS ~ Anke Niehof;
HIV care and interdependent in Tanzania and Uganda ~ Ruth Evans and Agnes Atim;
Reciprocity and Mutuality: people with learning disabilities as carers ~ Nicki Ward;
People with Intellectual Disabilities (visually) re-imagine care ~ Anne Fudge Schormans;
Care ethics and physical restraint in residential child care ~ Laura Steckley;
Care for Carers: Care in the Context of Medical Migration ~ Elena Teadora Manea;
Mental health service use and the ethics of care: in pursuit of justice ~ Tula Brannelly;
Conclusion: Renewal and transformation - the importance of an ethics of care ~ Marian Barnes, Tula Brannelly, Lizzie Ward, Nicki Ward.