Competitive mothering and delegated care: Class relationships in nanny and au pair employment

This paper uses the idea of 'competitive care' to explore how the mothering projects of nanny and au pair employers and the carers they employ can become inter-twined and yet may also be in conflict or competition. The paper draws on work by Cameron Lynne Macdonald (2010) and Joan Tronto (...

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Main Author: Renaud Beeckmans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2011-07-01
Series:Studies in the Maternal
Online Access:https://www.mamsie.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/4118/