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Demanding Quality: Worker/Consumer Coalitions and “High Road†Strategies in the Care Sector

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  • Nancy Folbre

    (University of Massachusetts–Amherst)

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Paid care services such as child care, elder care, teaching, and nursing are vulnerable to competitive pressures that often generate low-pay/low-quality outcomes. Both workers and consumers suffer as a result. This article develops an economic analysis of the “care sector†that emphasizes the potential to build political coalitions that could push for a high-pay/high-quality alternative.

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  • Nancy Folbre, 2006. "Demanding Quality: Worker/Consumer Coalitions and “High Road†Strategies in the Care Sector," Politics & Society, , vol. 34(1), pages 11-32, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:polsoc:v:34:y:2006:i:1:p:11-32
    DOI: 10.1177/0032329205284754
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    Cited by:

    1. Michelle J. BUDIG & Joya MISRA, 2010. "How care-work employment shapes earnings in cross-national perspective," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 149(4), pages 441-460, December.
    2. Xiao-yuan Dong & Jin Feng & Yangyang Yu, 2017. "Relative Pay of Domestic Eldercare Workers in Shanghai, China," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(1), pages 135-159, January.
    3. Valeria ESQUIVEL, 2010. "Care workers in Argentina: At the crossroads of labour market institutions and care services," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 149(4), pages 477-493, December.
    4. Shahra RAZAVI & Silke STAAB, 2010. "Underpaid and overworked: A cross-national perspective on care workers," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 149(4), pages 407-422, December.

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