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Careful Economics

Integrating Caring Activities and Economic Science

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  1. Maren A. Jochimsen
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Directions for Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Aim and Scope of the Work

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      Pages 3-9

    3. The Analytical Frame of Reference

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      Pages 11-22

  3. Conceptual Approaches to Caring in Economics

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      Pages 23-23
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    2. Caring as the Result of Preferential Choices

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      Pages 25-41

    3. Caring as the Result of Other-Regarding Choices

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      Pages 43-47

    4. Caring as the Result of a Caring Motivation

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      Pages 49-71

  4. Toward an Integrated Analysis of Caring

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      Pages 73-73
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    2. Caring Conceptualized as the Result of an Effective Caring Situation

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      Pages 75-83

    3. Asymmetries and Dependencies in Caring Situations as Central Categories of Analysis

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      Pages 85-99

    4. Guidelines for the Analysis of Caring Situations in Economics

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      Pages 101-124

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 125-136
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About this book

Much like their authors, the ideas behind books can grow and change on the way from proposal to manuscript. I originally planned to join the discussion on care and economics at a different, more policy-oriented level, hoping to identify the conditions under which caring services are taken to the market. In approaching the task, however, I realized that economic science lacked an overall concept of caring. Economists' notions of caring and their knowledge of its basic elements and structural characteristics were fragmented. Caring activities were treated in the context of household work, unpaid work, or subsistence and informal work. None of the different approaches shared a common frame of reference. This has made it impossible to study caring activities across the various realms of the economy, independent of whether provided in a family setting, purchased on the market, or supplied by the state or society. I therefore found I had to begin my questioning earlier, at the level of basic understandings and concepts.

About the author

Maren A. Jochimsen is an economist holding a doctorate from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where she subsequently worked as researcher. Further affiliations have included the University of Cambridge, Harvard University, and the University of Amsterdam. She is co-founder of the Network Caring Economy and founding member of the International Association for Feminist Economics Europe. She has published on ecological economics, institutional economics, and care and economics. Maren A. Jochimsen is currently employed at the Guarantee Bank for Social Economy (Bürgschaftsbank f

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Careful Economics

  • Book Subtitle: Integrating Caring Activities and Economic Science

  • Authors: Maren A. Jochimsen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4714-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7467-7Published: 31 May 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-5359-9Published: 06 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-4714-0Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 134

  • Topics: Methodology of the Social Sciences, History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Social Work, Economic Policy

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