abstract: 'The issue of care has been the subject of extensive scholarly debate

  with reference to the advanced industrialized countries and their

  welfare regimes. Economic restructuring in the developing world has

  raised feminist concerns about social reproduction more broadly, and

  women''s increasing burdens of unpaid care work in particular. While the

  present moment may not be marked by a generalized care crisis, systems

  of care provision are under strain in some contexts and for some social

  groups. Furthermore, care has emerged, or is emerging, as a legitimate

  subject of public debate and policy on the agendas of some civil society

  actors, developing country governments and international organizations.

  An increasing number of governments are experimenting with new ways of

  responding to care needs in their societies. However, these have been

  insufficiently recognized and analysed - a lacuna that the present

  collection of papers seeks to address. In an increasingly unequal world,

  where gender inequalities intersect with ever-widening income

  inequalities, and where the options for securing good care are limited

  for the socially disadvantaged, the failure to socialize the costs of

  care will feed into and exacerbate existing inequalities.'
affiliation: 'Razavi, S (Corresponding Author), UNRISD, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland.

  UNRISD, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland.'
author: Razavi, Shahra
author-email: razavi@unrisd.org
author_list:
- family: Razavi
  given: Shahra
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01722.x
eissn: 1467-7660
files: []
issn: 0012-155X
journal: DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE
keywords-plus: 'GENDER; POVERTY; WELFARE; FEMINIZATION; EMPLOYMENT; MIGRATION; EQUALITY;

  SERVICE; AFRICA; EUROPE'
language: English
month: JUL
number: 4, SI
number-of-cited-references: '85'
pages: 873-903
papis_id: cd9239b449f7ff58fdbafdec9c4e7864
ref: Razavi2011rethinkingcare
times-cited: '42'
title: 'Rethinking Care in a Development Context: An Introduction'
type: Editorial Material
unique-id: WOS:000294921400001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '7'
volume: '42'
web-of-science-categories: Development Studies
year: '2011'