Care work–in its paid and unpaid forms–spans the private, public and non-profit sectors in
addition to being an essential underpinning of home and community life (Duffy et al., 2015) …

Drawing on three case studies in each of Australia, New Zealand and Scotland, this article
explores how care workers employed in the social services sector negotiate their unpaid …

This introduction establishes the context for a series of articles exploring the outcomes for
work, employment, worker orientation and service quality from the emerging context of …

This chapter considers the city as a crucible of resistance and change in the context of a
worldwide care deficit, growing dilemmas in care work and global austerity. The chapter …

This article re-analyses 105 interviews from four qualitative research studies of different
kinds of care workers in Canada and Australia, in light of deepening workplace …

Precarious employment has a long history in the global south where full-time permanent
work has been the experience of a relatively small and privileged portion of the population …

In the context of shifting public expenditure and related cuts to public services, the Voluntary
Sector (VS) has been given a prominent role in the organisation of social care. Government …

Drawing on qualitative interview data from case studies in Scotland and Canada in the post
2008 era, this article explores the impact of austerity policies on the conditions and …

This report takes a comprehensive look at unpaid and paid care work and its relationship
with the changing world of work. It analyses the ways in which unpaid care work is …

Using feminist political economy, this article argues that companions hired privately by
families to care for residents in publicly funded long-term care facilities (nursing homes) are …