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CONTENTS

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© 2023 Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. PART ONE Crisis
  5. Introduction 7
  6. 1 Beyond Wealth-Care: Pandemic Dreams for a Just and Caring Future 11
  7. 2 Latin America’s Response to COVID-19: The Risk of Sealing an Unequal Care Regime 19
  8. 3 COVID-19, Global Care, and Migration 27
  9. 4 Black Lives Matter: Structural Racism, Sexism, and Carework in the United States 36
  10. 5 Disability, Ableism, and Care during COVID-19 in the United States 45
  11. 6 Unpaid Care in Public Places: Tensions in the Time of COVID-19 53
  12. PART TWO Catastrophe
  13. Introduction 61
  14. 7 The Right to Care at Stake: The Syndemic Emergency in Latin America 65
  15. 8 At the Crossroads of the Employment and the Care Crises: Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic 73
  16. 9 Caring for Children and the Economy: The Uneven Effects of the Pandemic on Childcare Workers, Primary School Teachers, and Unpaid Caregivers 82
  17. 10 COVID-19 and Care for the Elderly People in Africa: An Analysis of South Africa’s Mitigation Measures 94
  18. 11 Transnational Family Caregiving during a Global Pandemic 102
  19. PART THREE Aftermath
  20. Introduction 111
  21. 12 Cheap Praise: Supplemental Pay for Essential Workers in the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic 115
  22. 13 Migrants in Europe’s Domestic and Care Sector: The Institutional Response 134
  23. 14 Budgeting Care Services during the COVID-19 Crisis 143
  24. 15 Policy, Culture, and COVID-19: European Childcare Policies during the Pandemic 151
  25. PART FOUR Transformation
  26. Introduction 159
  27. 16 Exposing Fault Lines, Flaring Tensions, and the Need for New Alliances: Home Care in the Time of COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada 161
  28. 17 End-of- Life Considerations during COVID-19 168
  29. 18 COVID-19 and the Rise of the Care Robots 176
  30. 19 Challenging Gender Regimes through Employee Voice in Carework 183
  31. 20 Building a Care Infrastructure in the United States 191
  32. Epilogue: Care in Crisis: Convergences and Divergences 199
  33. Acknowledgments 203
  34. References 205
  35. Notes on Contributors 247
  36. Index 255
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. PART ONE Crisis
  5. Introduction 7
  6. 1 Beyond Wealth-Care: Pandemic Dreams for a Just and Caring Future 11
  7. 2 Latin America’s Response to COVID-19: The Risk of Sealing an Unequal Care Regime 19
  8. 3 COVID-19, Global Care, and Migration 27
  9. 4 Black Lives Matter: Structural Racism, Sexism, and Carework in the United States 36
  10. 5 Disability, Ableism, and Care during COVID-19 in the United States 45
  11. 6 Unpaid Care in Public Places: Tensions in the Time of COVID-19 53
  12. PART TWO Catastrophe
  13. Introduction 61
  14. 7 The Right to Care at Stake: The Syndemic Emergency in Latin America 65
  15. 8 At the Crossroads of the Employment and the Care Crises: Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic 73
  16. 9 Caring for Children and the Economy: The Uneven Effects of the Pandemic on Childcare Workers, Primary School Teachers, and Unpaid Caregivers 82
  17. 10 COVID-19 and Care for the Elderly People in Africa: An Analysis of South Africa’s Mitigation Measures 94
  18. 11 Transnational Family Caregiving during a Global Pandemic 102
  19. PART THREE Aftermath
  20. Introduction 111
  21. 12 Cheap Praise: Supplemental Pay for Essential Workers in the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic 115
  22. 13 Migrants in Europe’s Domestic and Care Sector: The Institutional Response 134
  23. 14 Budgeting Care Services during the COVID-19 Crisis 143
  24. 15 Policy, Culture, and COVID-19: European Childcare Policies during the Pandemic 151
  25. PART FOUR Transformation
  26. Introduction 159
  27. 16 Exposing Fault Lines, Flaring Tensions, and the Need for New Alliances: Home Care in the Time of COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada 161
  28. 17 End-of- Life Considerations during COVID-19 168
  29. 18 COVID-19 and the Rise of the Care Robots 176
  30. 19 Challenging Gender Regimes through Employee Voice in Carework 183
  31. 20 Building a Care Infrastructure in the United States 191
  32. Epilogue: Care in Crisis: Convergences and Divergences 199
  33. Acknowledgments 203
  34. References 205
  35. Notes on Contributors 247
  36. Index 255
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