Conclusion Parenthood, Gender Relations and the Care Ethic in Wales

How could future childcare policy be shaped in ways that are responsive to parental needs in their diversity? Some concluding thoughts on how childcare policy can both attend to calls for gender equity and yet chime with what mothers and fathers would like are offered now in relation to debates on d...

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Published inTransforming Childcare and Listening to Families p. 151
Main Author Ball, Wendy
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom University of Wales Press 2013
Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
Edition1
Subjects
Behavioral sciences
Child care
Child welfare
Children
Economic disciplines
Economics
Employment
Families
Family members
Fathers
Gender equality
Gender identity
Gender politics
Gender roles
Gender studies
Human populations
Human societies
Labor
Labor economics
Local government policies
Men
Mothers
Parenting
Parents
Persons
Population studies
Social institutions
Social sciences
Social welfare & social services
Sociology
Women
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Summary:How could future childcare policy be shaped in ways that are responsive to parental needs in their diversity? Some concluding thoughts on how childcare policy can both attend to calls for gender equity and yet chime with what mothers and fathers would like are offered now in relation to debates on developing an ‘ethics of care’ and the integration of feminist claims forredistributionof caring labour andrecognitionof its contribution to society. According to Nancy Fraser (1997, 2001) political action in relation to social justice has tended to be polarized in terms of claims for ‘redistribution’ and claims
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