Beyond Caring Labour to Provisioning Work / / Sheila Neysmith, Marge Reitsma-Street, Stephanie Baker-Collins, Elaine Porter.

• VerfasserIn: Neysmith, Sheila,; Baker-Collins, Stephanie ,; Reitsma-Street, Marge,
• MitwirkendeR: Cerny, Judy,; Reitsma-Street, Marge,; Tam, Sandra,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.) :; 5 figures

Although women have long been members of the labour force, the proportion of domestic, caring, and community work they provide compared to men or the state has yet to decrease substantially. Beyond Caring Labour to Provisioning Work offers a powerful new framework for understanding women's work in a holistic sense, acknowledging both their responsibilities in supporting others as well as their employment duties.Beyond Caring Labour to Provisioning Work is based on a four-year, multi-site study of women who are members of contemporary community organizations. The authors reveal the complex ways in which these women define and value their own work, investigating what supports and constrains their individual and collective efforts. Calling on the state to assist more with citizens' provisioning responsibilities, Beyond Caring Labour to Provisioning Work provides an excellent basis for new discussions on equitable and sustainable public policies.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Conceptualizing the Work of Women in the Twenty-First Century -- 2. Securing the Future by Positioning the Past in the Present -- Part One -- 3. Provisioning Responsibilities of Women: Relationships Shape the Work -- 4. Collective Provisioning: Naming the Work of Vital Spaces -- Part Two -- 5. Producing Racial Knowledge in Community Programmes for 'At Risk' Young Women -- 6. Provisioning for Children in a Low-Income Community -- 7. Revealing Older Women's Provisioning Responsibilities -- 8. Counting the Costs of Provisioning for Women Living on Low Incomes -- Part Three -- 9. Collective Spaces as Incubators of Citizenship -- 10. Sharing Life's Glories -- Appendix: Principles and Practices in the 'Women Provisioning in Community' Research Project -- Notes -- References -- Index