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“The Meaning of Care mainly discusses the construction of informal care for older people in European countries. … The aim of the book is to demonstrate how discourses of care are interlinked with moral constructions, nostalgia and gendered practices. … I see it as a valuable contribution to any education that involves care. And in an educational context it might even be advantageous that it is reiterative.” (Janicke Andersson, Community, Work & Family, Vol. 19, January, 2016)
'This book takes a close look at discourses on informal elder care and break down the dichotomies inherent in the meanings of care. This is an essential reading for those interested in care.' - Minna Zechner, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Bernhard Weicht is Lecturer at Leiden University College, The Netherlands. Bernhard has researched and published on the construction of care, ideas of dependency, migrant care workers, the intersection of migration and care regimes, and the construction of ageing and older people. He is vice-chair of the European Sociological Association Research Network 'Ageing in Europe'.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Meaning of Care
Book Subtitle: The Social Construction of Care for Elderly People
Authors: Bernhard Weicht
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137274946
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-27493-9Published: 29 April 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-44594-3Published: 01 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-27494-6Published: 11 April 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 255
Topics: Social Policy, Aging, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Politics of the Welfare State, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Sociology, general