Dependent Care

Beyond Privilege: Narrating Diverse Stories of Caring Masculinities

Posted By: Riikka Prattes
Post Date: 28 January, 2024

New research on “caring masculinities” challenges traditional gender norms by examining men’s relationality, vulnerability, and nurturing qualities.

Little Kids vs. Big Business

Posted By: Nancy Folbre
Post Date: 28 January, 2024

Current U.S. Congressional efforts to expand the Child Tax Credit offer telling insights into the partisan divide.

Caregiving Skills for the Planet

Posted By: Maria S. Floro
Post Date: 20 September, 2023

Reflections on why we need to consider social and ecological caregiving together.

Can Child Care Legislation Increase Women’s Participation in the Paid Labor Force?

Post Date: 14 September, 2023

This comparative global analysis links to a paper with impressive empirical details and answers “Yes.”

Alternative Care Networks January 26, 2024, 12-2 pm ET

Post Date: 22 August, 2023

Fifth Working Papers Seminar Series 2023-2024 Alternative Care Networks featuring Jieun Cho, Elizabeth Olson and Leiha Edmonds. Commentaries by Tatjana Thelen and Kim England

What is Care?

Posted By: Nancy Folbre
Post Date: 23 February, 2008

My all-time favorite popularization of care issues is the comic book Adventures of Carrie Giver, but I think there’s a serious problem with this proposal as it now stands