Alexander, Chloe Joanna Levy (2020). The public and private politics of care: an ethnography of young carers, family life and policy presence. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.
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Abstract
This study addresses the question of what an ethnography of family life contributes to understandings of young carers. It considers the methodological and intellectual contribution that can be made by developing an ethnographic description of young carers’ family life and care practices. Exploring this gap is important at a time when new public policies are changing the relationship between young carers, their families and the state. The study is informed by an interest in the ways that young carers and their families are social located, at the intersection of disability, ‘race’/ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, citizenship-status and age. The theory of the Public and Private Politics of Care is developed and used to analyse ethnographic data on how families negotiate a family care work settlement in the context of inequalities. Working within this theory we can better understand children’s involvement in care work, how families experience the implementation of policies and the implications of understanding family life for policies on young carers.
Type of Work: | Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.) | |||||||||||||||
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Award Type: | Doctorates > Ph.D. | |||||||||||||||
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Licence: | All rights reserved | |||||||||||||||
College/Faculty: | Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Social Sciences | |||||||||||||||
School or Department: | School of Social Policy | |||||||||||||||
Funders: | Other | |||||||||||||||
Other Funders: | School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham | |||||||||||||||
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
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URI: | http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/10484 |
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