Asserting that Americans are facing a "caring deficit"—that there are simply too many demands on our time to care adequately for children, elderly people, and ourselves—she asks us to reconsider how we allocate care responsibilities.
At the same time, while democratic politics should help citizens to care better, most people see caring as unsupported by public life and deem the concerns of politics as too remote from their lives to make a difference in this sphere. Tronto traces the reasons for this disconnect and argues for the need to make care, not economics, the central concern of democratic political life.
Asserting that Americans are facing a "caring deficit"—that there are simply too many demands on our time to care adequately for children, elderly people, and ourselves—she asks us to reconsider how we allocate care responsibilities.
At the same time, while democratic politics should help citizens to care better, most people see caring as unsupported by public life and deem the concerns of politics as too remote from their lives to make a difference in this sphere. Tronto traces the reasons for this disconnect and argues for the need to make care, not economics, the central concern of democratic political life.
Who Cares?: How to Reshape a Democratic Politics
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Who Cares?: How to Reshape a Democratic Politics
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781501702747 |
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| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Publication date: | 10/08/2015 |
| Series: | Brown Democracy Medal |
| Pages: | 58 |
| Product dimensions: | 4.80(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.30(d) |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
