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Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality and Dependency (Thinking Gender) PDF

129 Pages·1999·12.293 MB·English
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This fascinating study of women carers explores the significance of dependency work by analyzing John Rawls' influential liberal theory and two examples of public policy - welfare reform and family leave - to show how both theory and policy fail women when they miss the centrality of dependency to questions of justice. A vision of an equal society is required, one which recognizes that those who care for others require the support of the larger community.
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