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Home care fault lines : understanding tensions and creating alliances  Cover Image Book Book

Home care fault lines : understanding tensions and creating alliances / Cynthia J. Cranford.

Cranford, Cynthia, (author.).

Summary:

"This book is an in-depth analysis of how workers and recipients of home care craft flexibility and security in relation to one another within constraints defined by intersecting social inequalities, state funding, labor market policies and managerial rules"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501749254
  • ISBN: 1501749250
  • ISBN: 9781501749261
  • ISBN: 1501749269
  • Physical Description: xiv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Ithaca [New York] : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction : Flexibility or Security? -- Gender, Migration and the Pursuit of Security -- Disability and the Quest for Flexibility -- Managing Flexibility without Security in Toronto's Direct Funding -- Negotiating Flexibility with Security in Los Angeles's In-Home Supportive Services -- Agency-led Flexibility and Insecurity in Toronto's Home Care -- Bargaining for Security with Flexibility in Toronto's Attendant Services -- Toward Flexible Care and Secure Work in Intimate Labor.
Subject: Home care services > California > Los Angeles.
Home health aides > California > Los Angeles.
Older people > Home care > California > Los Angeles.
People with disabilities > Home care > California > Los Angeles.
Home care services > Ontario > Toronto.
Home health aides > Ontario > Toronto.
Older people > Home care > Ontario > Toronto.
People with disabilities > Home care > Ontario > Toronto.
Home Care Services.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Legislative Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Legislative Library, Vaughan Street RA 645.36 .C2 Cra (Text) 36970100295429 General Collection Volume hold Available -


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