1st Edition

Interdependency and Care over the Lifecourse

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

Interdependency and Care over the Lifecourse draws upon theories of time and space to consider how informal care is woven into the fabric of everyday lives and is shaped by social and economic inequalities and opportunities. The book comprises three parts. The first explores contrasting social and economic contexts of informal care in different parts of the world. The second looks at... Read more

Part 1. 1. The Care Context  2. Care and Interdependency  Part 2. 3. Living with Care  4. Learning to Care  5. Networks and Chains of Care  6. Working and Caring  Part 3. 7. Visions of Care

Biography

Sophia Bowlby is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Reading, UK. Linda McKie is Research Professor in Sociology at Glasgow Caledonian University and Associate Director at the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Susan Gregory was Research Fellow at the Research Unit in Health, Behaviour and Change and, following her recent retirement, is an Honorary Fellow in Public Health Sciences, both at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Isobel MacPherson runs her own business, Community Health Research and Evaluation, and was previously a Senior Research Fellow at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK.