Interdependency and Care over the Lifecourse (Relationships and Resources)

Care work is increasingly high profile, both politically and socially, and current debates on the subject frequently highlight the growing tensions between providing care and economic participation. Care and Interdependency across the Lifecourse focuses on the 'informal care' provided by family members, neighbours and friends, exploring the ways in which it is woven into the organization of people's everyday lives.This volume is comprised of three parts. The first covers the context of care in contemporary society, and what it encompasses. The second part looks at different themes within informal care, using the examples of illness and health, child care, elderly care and communities of care. Finally, the authors develop a framework within which we can examine the significance to practices of care throughout the lifecourse of: understandings and expectations of care emotional exchanges involved in care memories and anticipations of giving and receiving care the social nature of the spaces and places in which care is carried out the practical time-space scheduling necessary to caring activities. This book is an invaluable contribution to the care work debate and will be of interest to students and researchers of care work, sociology of the family and social policy.Bowlby, Sophia is the author of 'Interdependency and Care over the Lifecourse (Relationships and Resources)', published 2010 under ISBN 9780415434669 and ISBN 0415434661.