1st Edition
Undervalued Social Care in the Home and Community A Feminist Social Reproduction Perspective
Part 1: 1. Adult Social Caregiving in Homes and Communities: Causes of Undervaluation 2. Carers, Home Care Workers and Volunteers: Historical Trajectories of Undervaluation and Subordination Part 2: 3. Covid-19 Lockdowns, Public Health Restrictions and Social Reproduction 4. Carers’ Experiences of the Pandemic in Adult Social Care 5. Community Support and Social Care Networks: Volunteer Responses During the Pandemic 6. Home Care Workers’ Experiences of the Pandemic
Biography
Dr Rosie Read is a Principal Lecturer in Social Sciences in the Faculty of Business and Law at Bournemouth University, UK. She is a social anthropologist with research interests in waged and unwaged caring work, social care, volunteering, gender, class, community development, and welfare state transformation.
"Why is care in the home and in the community so undervalued? This book explores how feminist analyses of social reproduction can help make sense of current impasses— a crucial resource for anyone concerned about the future of social care."
Emma Dowling, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Vienna. Author of The Care Crisis.
"Read expertly showcases the power of social reproduction theory to reveal how capitalism devalues the work done in homes and communities to care for adults. The book offers a penetrating analysis of a much neglected topic - both clearly explaining its contradictions and pointing a way forward. It is an essential text for anyone who cares about caring."
Susan Ferguson, Associate Professor Emerita, Wilfrid Laurier University. Author of Women and Work. Feminism, Labour and Social Reproduction
