Child care and inequality [Texte imprimé] : rethinking carework for children and youth / edited by Francesca M. Cancian, Demie Kurz, Andrew S. London... [et al.]

Bibliogr. p. [223]-255

Rethinking family carework. American women tending sick and disabled children, 1850-1940 / Emily K. Abel -- Poor mothers and the care of teenage children / Demie Kurz -- Las madres en el barrio : godmothers, othermothers, and women's power in a community of caregiving / JoAnn DeFiore -- Nurturing babies, protecting men : the unequal dynamics of women's postpartum caregiving practices / Christa Kelleher, Bonnie Fox -- Defining "good" child care : hegemonic and democratic standards / Francesca M. Cancian -- Family intersections with the state. Making poor mothers fungible : the privatization of foster care / Barbara Bennett Woodhouse -- Children and chronic health conditions : welfare reform and health-related carework / Andrew S. London, Ellen K. Scott, Vicki Hunter -- Caregiving, welfare states, and mothers' poverty / Karen Christopher -- Carework in the marketplace and community. Care, inequality, and policy / Paula England, Nancy Folbre -- Child care across sectors : a comparison of the work of child care in three settings / Heather M. Fitz Gibbon -- Empowering forces : professional careworkers in the support networks of gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth / Eric R. Wright, Robert E. Connoley -- Support organizations for parents of children with cancer : local, national, and international problems and prospects / Mark Chesler -- "Where teachers can make a livable wage" : organizing to address gender and racial inequalities in paid child care work / Mary C. Tuominen -- Activist mothering and community work : fighting oppression in low-income neighborhoods / Nancy A. Naples