Landscapes of Care Comparative Perspectives on Family Caregiving - Power, Andrew (Ashgate Pub., 2010)
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I Concepts of Care; 2 Family Care; 3 Welfare and Care; Part II Comparative Perspectives in the Development of care; 4 Carer's Policy in England; 5 Caregiver's Policy in the United States; 6 Carer's Policy in Ireland; Part III Life Within the Landscape; 7 Regional Allocation of Irish Care Policy; 8 Socio-spatial Experiences of Carers; 9 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Focusing on the welfare and social rights models of England, the US and Ireland, this book compares the welfare ideologies in each country and examines how their different historical, cultural, and political contexts give rise to different landscapes of care and disability