The Political and Social Economy of Care

The Political and Social Economy of Care: South Africa Research Report 1

2000

The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is an autonomous agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. Its work is guided by the conviction that, for effective development policies to be formulated, an understanding of the social and political context is crucial. The Institute attempts to provide governments, development agencies, grassroots organizations and scholars with a better understanding of how development policies and processes of economic, social and environmental change affect different social groups. Working through an extensive network of national research centres, UNRISD aims to promote original research and strengthen research capacity in developing countries.

The Political and Social Economy of Care: India Research Report

2008

The Political and Social Economy of Care: Nicaragua Research Report 1

Inequality and redistribution in health care: analytical issues for developmental social policy

The Global Economy of 'Care'

Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments, 2013

Disabled people have generally been critical of notions of ‘care’ pointing to a legacy of institutionalisation and dehumanising care, medical paternalism and the failures of adequate provision of alternatives, such as community care or even independent living. Feminists, too, have pointed to the dangers of essentialism in not only linking care to a specific gender but also the rising global inequalities that structure much paid and unpaid caring work. In an increasingly globalised world, the provision of care has also become a transnational commodity which is gradually becoming more market-driven. Globalisation or a process of increasing economic, political, social, cultural and technological interconnectedness now affects all forms of care. The business of providing healthcare, social care or other services for disabled people is now being exported economically, politically, socially, culturally and technologically to other parts of the world, contributing to a growing internationalisation of care (Holden, 2002). Under the guise of offering more consumer ‘control’ and ‘choice’ to individual service users, what we are witnessing is the neoliberal privatisation, commercialisation and dismantling of services that disabled people use, both in Europe and in a more global context. Instead of a system that allows service users to demand and protect their rights, with respect to how care is commissioned, the commodiﬁcation of care shows that those individual rights are being eroded. This chapter will illustrate this, beginning with the marketisation of care in Europe, examine the NGO-isation of care in an African context and conclude with an examination of the global future of care. Key words: neoliberalism, healthcare, disability, UK, Europe, Sierra Leone "Since it was first published in 1993, Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments has established itself as essential reading for anyone coming to the subject of disability studies. The book tackles a wide range of issues in numerous succinct chapters written by contributing authors, many of whom are disabled themselves. From the outset, the chapters take a multidisciplinary and international approach. The third edition is made up of 42 chapters, 15 of which are completely new to this edition, including: · Early seminal writings in disabled studies · Death and dying · Psychology · Hate crime and the criminal justice system · Sport · Psycho-emotional disablism and internal oppression. This seminal textbook conveys the continuing developments in the lives and experiences of disabled people. It is valuable reading for students and professionals in the fields of social work, sociology, social policy " http://www.sagepub.com/textbooks/Book239561

The coming of age of a mature welfare regime and the challenge of care: Labour market transformations, second demographic transition and the future of social protection in Uruguay

Development (UNRISD) is an autonomous agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. Its work is guided by the conviction that, for effective development policies to be formulated, an understanding of the social and political context is crucial. The Institute attempts to provide governments, development agencies, grassroots organizations and scholars with a better understanding of how development policies and processes of economic, social and environmental change affect different social groups. Working through an extensive network of national research centres, UNRISD aims to promote original research and strengthen research capacity in developing countries.

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