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Author:   Yvette Maker (University of Melbourne)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9781108485203

ISBN 10:   1108485200
Pages:   225
Publication Date:   28 April 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Care Policy Tensions: 1. A feminist dilemma: support unpaid care or support paid work?; 2. The universal caregiver model: expanding options or imposing new limits?; 3. Disability rights and carers' advocacy: to reject or to recognize care; 4. A disability rights informed ethics of care: interdependence and common humanity; Part II. Balancing Competing Claims through Rights-Based Policy: 5. A new framework for designing rights-based care and support policy; Part III. Care and Support Policy Tensions in Two Liberal Welfare States: 6. Income support for carers of children with disabilities in Australia: background and recent reforms to carer payment; 7. Care, disability, and gender equality in carers' income support: narrow choices and unheard voices; 8. Incorporating multiple options and perspectives: applying the care and support rights principles to carer payment; 9. Care and support for adults in England: background and the recent Care Act reform; 10. Care, disability, and gender equality in English care and support policy: well-being for all with resources for a few?; 11. Maximizing options and opportunities: aligning the Care Act with the care and support rights principle; Conclusions.

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'The fundamental social problem that the book attempts to address is marginalization of those who require care and/or provide care in 'liberal welfare states'' Poland Lai, Canadian Journal of Law and Society/La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société

Author Information

Yvette Maker is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Melbourne's Social Equity Institute and the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics. She holds qualifications in Law, Arts (Psychology) and Social and Political Sciences. Prior to embarking on an academic career, Yvette worked in research and policy roles in non-profit and government bodies and has provided research support to the Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. With Bernadette McSherry she edited Restrictive Practices in Health Care and Disability Settings: Legal, Policy and Practical Responses (2021).

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