Caring Society or Emergency First Aid On Board

Caring Society?: Care and the Dilemmas of Human Services in the 21st Century

Author: Michael D Fin

Care is no longer a private concern. In the era of high modernity, characterized by population aging, family fragmentation and the entry of women into the paid workforce, it has become a major public issue. This important text offers a systematic, comparative analysis of the sociology, philosophy and emergent practices of care in the context of the political economy of post-industrial societies.

Table of Contents:

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION * The Emergence of Care as a Public Concern * PART TWO: ARGUMENTS ABOUT CARE * The Contest to Define and Claim Care * Who Wants an Ethic of Care? * A Profession of Care * Social Policy Activists on Care * Rights, Responsibilities and a Political Ethics of Care * PART THREE: CARE AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY * The Social Context of Change * Care, Social Theory and the Body * The Transformation of Personal and Domestic Life * Risk and Risk Society * The New Organizational Logic * PART FOUR: DEMOGRAPHY AND THE POLITICS OF CARE * Future Care and Its Availability * Aging and the Demography of Care * Work/Family Conflict and the Politics of Child Care * Shaping the Future of Care PART ONE: INTRODUCTION * The Emergence of Care as a Public Concern * PART TWO: ARGUMENTS ABOUT CARE * The Contest to Define and Claim Care * Who Wants an Ethic of Care? * A Profession of Care * Social Policy Activists on Care * Rights, Responsibilities and a Political Ethics of Care * PART THREE: CARE AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY * The Social Context of Change * Care, Social Theory and the Body * The Transformation of Personal and Domestic Life * Risk and Risk Society * The New Organizational Logic * PART FOUR: DEMOGRAPHY AND THE POLITICS OF CARE * Future Care and Its Availability * Aging and the Demography of Care * Work/Family Conflict and the Politics of Child Care * Shaping the Future of Care

Book review: Social Theory and Philosophy for Information Systems John Wiley Series in Information Systems or Developing Series 60 Applications

Emergency First Aid On Board

Author: Richard A Clinchy

When it's sink or swim, this Quick Guide will keep you afloat!

On the water, when an emergency surfaces, there is no time to spend searching through an exhaustive manual. Emergency First Aid On Board provides all the answers--fast.

Drawn from the world's largest boating library, it presents 14 color panels of authoritative, concise information on first aid. This on-the-spot reference is a convenient, accessible, and utterly streamlined information resource.