Care Leaves and Care Time for All

Towards Caring Democracies, Economies, and Worlds
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7527-2
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

What if care was at the heart of how we organise our societies and economies? This timely book challenges the narrow focus of current leave policies on early parenthood and argues for a broader, more inclusive, approach to care across the life course, including eldercare and diverse family structures.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Doucet, Andrea

Moss, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: ‘A Way to Turn our World Around’

1. Concepts: Care, Care Time, and Caring Democracies

2. Contexts: Care Crises and a Polycrisis

3. Care Leaves: Past and Present Policies

4. A Future Direction: Care Leaves and Care Time

Conclusion: Towards Caring Democracies and Caring Economies

Über Autor(innen)

Moss, Peter
Peter Moss is Emeritus Professor of Early Childhood Provision at UCL institute of Education, University College London, and co-founder of the international Network on Leave Policies and Research.

Andrea Doucet is Professor and former Canada Research Chair at the Department of Sociology and the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, Brock University.

Peter Moss is Emeritus Professor at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education, University College London.