Contents:
Ch. 1. Caring and Gender. What Is Caring? Why Study Caring and Gender? Women's Caregiving in Families: Natural or Social? The Devaluation of Caregiving. Caregiving and Inequality;
Ch. 2. Historical Glimpses. Colonial Contrasts. Work and Care Become "Separate Spheres" "Every woman Is a Nurse": Caregiving Becomes a Profession;
Ch. 3. Caring in Families. Families That Are Not Self-Sufficient. Parental Care for Children. Caring in Couples. Conflicts Between Paid Work and Family Caring. Family Care for People Who Are Chronically Ill or Severely Disabled;
Ch. 4. Paid Caregiving. Obstacles to Good Paid Care: Devaluing Caring, Profit-Making, Bureaucracy, and Hierarchy. Paid Care Can Be Good Care. Undermining the Quality of Paid Care: The Example of Nursing Homes. Separate, Gendered Spheres and the Devaluation of Caring. Caregivers' Autonomy and Nonmedical Standards of Care: Case Studies of Good Paid Care. The Care Receiver's Power;
Ch. 5. Governing Care. How Do Governments Support Care? Gender, Care, and Welfare in the United States. Government and Caregiving in Other Industrial Countries. The Threat of "Big Brother" How Can Government Both Support Caregiving and Promote Gender Equality;
Ch. 6. Caregiving in Communities. What Is Community Care? What Are the Benefits of Care in Communities? What Are the Limits of Caregiving in Communities;
Ch. 7. The Future of Caregiving. Explaining Gendered Caring and Gender Inequality. Paths to Expanding Care and Gender Equality