num_pages: 256
description: This fascinating study of women carers explores the significance of dependency work by analyzing John Rawls' influential liberal theory and two examples of public policy - welfare reform and family leave - to show how both theory and policy fail women when they miss the centrality of dependency to questions of justice. A vision of an equal society is required, one which recognizes that those who care for others require the support of the larger community.
language: English
title: Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality, and Dependency
titlecomplete: Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality, and Dependency (Thinking Gender)
genres: Academia, Feminism, Love, Philosophy, Disability, Disability Studies, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 52
publisher: Routledge