Care and women's emancipation have often been seen as opposed. Politicians have begun to look again at the issue of care in the context of new reforms in the welfare state, health care policies and family law. Using concrete examples taken from parental rights cases, health care education and the public health sector. Using concrete examples taken from the practice and discourse of care, those found in parental rights issues, health care education, the family and in the public health sector, Sevenhuijsen argues for revaluation of care from a feminist perspective.
Preface, 1 'Has head, hands, feet and heart', 2 The morality of feminism, 3 Paradoxes of gender: ethical and epistemological perspectives on care in feminist political theory, 4 Care and justice in the public debate on child custody, 5 Feminist ethics and public health-care policies: a case-study on the Netherlands, Notes, Bibliography, Index
