Care-Centered Politics
From the Home to the Planet
$84.07
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
20 September 2022
Summary
This agenda-setting book presents a framework for creating a more just and equitable, care-centered world. Climate change, pandemic events, systemic racism, and deep inequalities have all underscored the centrality of care in our lives. Yet care work is, for the most part, undervalued and exploited.
In this book, Robert Gottlieb examines how a care economy and care politics can influence and remake health, climate, and environmental policy, as well as the institutions and practices of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262543750 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262543753 |
| Author: | Robert Gottlieb |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 20 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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“Care-Centered Politics is a clarion call for hope and transformation during these troubled times… This is a book that offers data and context for understanding how we reached this moment of crisis, and clear analysis and innovative pathways for productively channeling our rage.” – Environmental Justice “[Gottlieb] argues for a care-based economy wherein politics are powerful forces for connecting human services such as health care, child care, and elder care with care for the Earth.” – Civil Eats
About The Author
Robert Gottlieb
Robert Gottlieb is Professor Emeritus of Urban and Environmental Policy and the Founder and former Director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College. He is the coauthor of Food Justice and Global Cities.
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