Depletion (häftad)
Format
Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
288
Utgivningsdatum
2024-09-23
Förlag
OUP USA
Dimensioner
201 x 135 x 10 mm
Vikt
340 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780197777725

Depletion

The Human Costs of Caring

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In Depletion, Shirin M. Rai examines the human costs of caring and how these are reproduced across the boundaries of class, race, gender, and generation. Including case studies from different parts of the world and building on various methodologies, Rai looks at the costs of care work, or what she calls "social reproduction" in several forms. Chapters examine the costs of commuting to work, the value of unpaid work performed by women of different classes, the costs of household work performed by children, and the costs to communities when local economies are challenged by corporate interests.
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Isabella Bakker, York University This is a highly original, important, and engaged conceptual and practical reflection on depletion - a multifaceted concept central to understanding challenges to sustainable and equitable elements of social reproduction and provisioning of livelihoods. Strongly recommended reading for those interested in the dynamics of social reproduction in conditions of global capitalism.

Diane Elson, University of Essex Depletion is an important, innovative contribution to the political economy of care. It argues that the work of care entails depletion of physical and mental health, which diminishes the wellbeing of carers. Public policy can support replenishment of their capacities, but to prevent depletion requires transformation of social and economic relations to redistribute both care and resources. This book is essential reading for all courses on International Political Economy.

Leopoldina Fortunati, University of Udine This book develops an original discourse on the concept of depletion, which describes the current burden of unpaid and paid women's work, and proposes a formidable journey through the different political economy landscapes. This book is a must for anyone who is interested in understanding the living conditions of women in the world today and possible ways for women to overcome their depletion.

Nancy Fraser, New School for Social Research What an impressive combination of materials and methods, all brought together incisively in a brilliant conceptualization of depletion. A true tour de force!

Jayati Ghosh, University of Massachusetts Amherst This book provides critically important insights into the crisis of care, using the profound yet relatively unrecognized concept of depletion: the multiple and varied human costs of social reproduction. We ignore these costs at our peril; as Rai shows, they affect individual lives and livelihoods, but also society, economy, and even the planet. Anyone who is envisioning a more equitable, just, and viable future for humanity needs to read this book.

Colin Hay, Sciences Po, Paris A stunningly original, immensely timely, and profoundly important dissection of the human cost of social reproductive labor. Eloquent and at times deeply harrowing, this is an essential reference point for all subsequent debate on this vital topic.

Aida A. Hozic, University of Florida Shirin Rai's Depletion offers a conceptual breakthrough in feminist political economy. Beautifully written, brilliantly argued, methodologically clear, this is the book with the highest of stakes. It contains a planetary warning, offered from a feminist perspective, and suggests strategies to reverse the current course of human and non-human depletion of resources. It should be read and built upon by activists, scholars, policymakers - by all who wish this world could be otherwise and are willing to work for it.

Meg Luxton, York University This important book prov...

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Shirin M. Rai is Distinguished Research Professor of Politics and International Relations at SOAS, University of London, and a Fellow of the British Academy. Her research interests are in the fields of political economy of development, gender and political institutions, and performance and politics. She is the author, co-author, or co-editor of several books, including Performing Representation: Women Members in the Indian Parliament and The Oxford Handbook of Politics and Performance.

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Acknowledgements Introduction: Care, Social Reproduction, and Depletion Chapter 1. Depletion: The Costs of Social Reproduction and How to Reverse It Chapter 2. Measuring Depletion in Multiple Registers Chapter 3. A Day in the Life of . . . : Mapping Individual Depletion Across Class Boundaries Chapter 4. Depletion on the Move: Commuting and Social Reproduction Chapter 5. Depleting Futures: Children Who Care Chapter 6. Postcards to the Future: Anticipatory Harm and Struggles Against Extractivism Conclusion: Building Solidarities to Reverse Depletion Notes References Index