SOC352H5 Lecture 12: Lecture 12: A Care Research Agenda & Course Review
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Soc352 - lecture 12: a care research agenda & course review. 3 theoretical reasons that care is important: the distinctive features of care. Intrinsic motivation and emotional attachment as particularly consequential: care represents a public good, harder to measure impact, the family, community, market and state all provide care, we cannot rely on only one of these sites of care provision. Maternity leave new mothers can take up to 17 weeks off, depending on the. Policies for unpaid care providers (i) length of their employment history and hours worked. Parental leave & benefits up to 37 weeks by either parent after baby is born or adopted. Equals 55% of parent"s average weekly insurable wage up to a maximum of per week. Need for focus on low status care providers, where there is greatest job growth and worker vulnerability (recall: lightman, 2016)
