Title
The ethics of care [electronic resource] : a feminist approach to human security / Fiona Robinson.
ISBN
9781439900673 (electronic bk.)
9781439900659
9781439900666 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 187 p.)
Call Number
BJ1475 .R63 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
177/.7
Summary
In The Ethics of Care , Fiona Robinson demonstrates how the responsibilities of sustaining life are central to the struggle for basic human security. She takes a unique approach, using a feminist lens to challenge gender biases in rights-based, individualist approaches. Robinson's thorough and impassioned consideration of care in both ethical and practical terms provides a starting point for understanding and addressing the material, emotional and psychological conditions that create insecurity for people. The Ethics of Care examines "care ethics" and "security" at the theoretical level and explores the practical implications of care relations for security in a variety of contexts: women's labor in the global economy, humanitarian intervention and peace building, healthcare, and childcare. Theoretically-innovative and policy-relevant, this critical analysis demonstrates the need to understand the obstacles and inequalities that obstruct the equitable and adequate delivery of care around the world.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Series
Global ethics and politics
Introduction
The ethics of care and global politics
Rethinking human security
'Women's work' : the global care and sex economies
Humanitarian intervention and global security governance
Peacebuilding and paternalism : reading care through postcolonialism
Health and human security : gender, care and HIV/AIDS
Gender, care, and the ethics of environmental security
Conclusion. Security through care.
