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Women's paid work and moral economies of care
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Female labour force participation has been increasing in recent decades, in part encouraged by state policies to raise the employment rate to encourage economic competitiveness and combat social exclusion. Social provision for care, however, has lagged behind this increase, creating practical and moral dilemmas for individuals and for society, facing parents with complex choices about how to combine work and care. In this paper, we draw on a qualitative study in London to explore the extent t...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Routledge Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Social & Cultural Geography Journal website
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 219-235
- Publication date:
- 2005-04-01
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- EISSN:
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1470-1197
- ISSN:
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1464-9365
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- English
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- Deposit date:
- 2010-07-07
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- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2005
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- The full-text of this article is not currently available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page. Citation: McDowell, L. et al. (2005). 'CWomen's paid work and moral economies of care', Social & Cultural Geography 6(2), 219-235. [Available at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1464%2d9365&volume=6&issue=2&spage=219].
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