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In and beyond New Labour

Towards a New Political Ethics of Care

Bibliographic Data

ID5773098
AuthorsF Williams (0000-0002-8810-4765, University of Leeds, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume21
Issue4
Pages467-493
Publication date2001-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-0183 • E-ISSN: 1461-703X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/026101830102100405
OpenAlexW2135484935
LanguageEN
Citations received187
References cited18

This article argues for a political ethics of care to balance New Labour's current preoccupation with the ethic of paid work. However, care as a practice invokes different experiences, meanings, contexts and multiple relations of power. With this in mind, the article traces the development of the concept of care taking up, in particular, challenges and differences raised by disability, 'race' and migration. These offer important insights for a new political ethics of care whose key dimensions are spelled out in the final part of the article

Care work · Ethics of care · Employment and Welfare Studies · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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