Stratified Familialism: The Care Regime in India through the Lens of Childcare

Development and Change

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1049-1078

  Palriwala, Rajni ^a   Neetha, N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH CARE; IDEOLOGY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY APPROACH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DAY CARE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEGAL ASPECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIA; PARENTING; WOMEN, WORKING;

INDIA;

EID: 80052796660     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01717.x     Document Type: Article

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