Counting care work: The empirical and policy applications of care theory

Social Problems

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-167

  Duffy, Mignon ^a   Albelda, Randy ^b   Hammonds, Clare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Care sector; Gender and work; Human infrastructure; Reproductive labor; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877062613     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2013.11051     Document Type: Article

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