Forced to Care Coercion and Caregiving in America

Name: Forced to Care Coercion and Caregiving in America
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ISBN: 9780674064157

ISBN-10: 0674064151

ISBN-13: 9780674064157

Edition: 2010

Authors: Evelyn Nakano Glenn

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The United States faces a growing crisis in care. The number of people needing care is growing while the ranks of traditional caregivers have shrunk. The status of care workers is a critical concern.Evelyn Nakano Glenn offers an innovative interpretation of care labor in the United States by tracing the roots of inequity along two interconnected strands: unpaid caring within the family; and slavery, indenture, and other forms of coerced labor. By bringing both into the same analytic framework, she provides a convincing explanation of the devaluation of care work and the exclusion of both unpaid and paid care workers from critical rights such as minimum wage, retirement benefits, and…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/5/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 7.44" wide x 8.94" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Evelyn Nakano Glenn is Professor of Womenï¿½e(tm)s Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.