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"Who is now caring for America's children, for the elderly, the sick, the disabled? In practical and general terms, the answer is: nobody."--BOOK JACKET. "According to Mona Harrington, the traditional system of caregiving - until now almost entirely dependent on the unpaid labor of women in the home - is in a chaotic state of disrepair, as women, out of necessity, move into the workplace."--BOOK JACKET. "Harrington issues an urgent call for new political conversations about assigning responsibility for this important part of the "general welfare" that the Constitution charges us to promote.…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2000Routledge · 224 pages · 9780415928229
- Other · English · 1999Knopf · 206 pages · 9780375400155
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