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This book analyses the implications of present policies and practices in old-age care, this book challenges current care policies which are geared towards the needs of the ideal liberal individual and thus disregard frailty and vulnerability. Deficiencies in old age care are some of the most pressing human rights concerns in mature welfare states. This book radically challenges the ethics of viewing care as a tradeable commodity and introduces a novel framework for understanding and analysing social care through the concept of ailment. Providing examples from the British and Finnish welfare states, it demonstrates how ailment shapes societies from the micro to the macro level. Addressing the marketisation and financialisation of care, the authors bring to light increasing inequalities in care. This book argues that ailment is part of human life and society, and therefore the politics of care should begin with a politics of ailment.

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All humans care, yes, but all humans also ail, and this reality matters greatly. This innovative introduction of the concept of ailment is an indispensable addition to care studies. Joan C. Tronto, University of Minnesota This highly topical work offers innovative perspectives on old-age care and on the implications of thinking with ailment for social policies. A must-read for those interested in care. Hanne Marlene Dahl, Roskilde University

"""All humans care, yes, but all humans also ail, and this reality matters greatly. This innovative introduction of the concept of ailment is an indispensable addition to care studies."" Joan C. Tronto, University of Minnesota ""This highly topical work offers innovative perspectives on old-age care and on the implications of thinking with ailment for social policies. A must-read for those interested in care."" Hanne Marlene Dahl, Roskilde University"

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Viva Collective is a collective of social policy researchers, sociologists and political theorists passionate about developing novel understandings of care and inequality. The collective was established in 2013 and is based in Finnish universities and research institutes. Minna Zechner is Associate Professor at the University of Lapland. Lena Nre is Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki. Olli Karsio is a university instructor at Tampere University. Antero Olakivi is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care. Liina Sointu is a university lecturer at Tampere University. Hanna-Kaisa Hoppania is a researcher at Age Institute. Tiina Vaittinen is Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Global Health and Social Policy at Tampere University.

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