{"product_id":"9781509562015","title":"A Sociology of Care Living Relationally in a Fractured World","description":"\u003ch1\u003eA Sociology of Care\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLiving Relationally in a Fractured World\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlex Broom | Michelle Peterie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Disease \u0026amp; Health Issues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eCare is a constant presence throughout our lives, from the moment of our birth, through our experiences with illness and ageing, right up until our eventual deaths. We require care for our survival and flourishing. Equally, we are often called upon to care for others, be they kin, kith, acquaintances or strangers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this timely book, Broom and Peterie explore the experiences of contemporary 'carers' across a broad range of sites and contexts, interrogating care's complexities, contradictions and embeddedness in the (sometimes coercive, often unjust) systems and structures of contemporary life. Centring carers' experiences in contexts as seemingly different as illness and unemployment, immigration detention and more-than-human life, they illuminate the unwieldy nature of care and caring, troubling romanticized renderings of the carer experience and exposing care's darker underbelly. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, this book offers a unique analysis of caring relations that integrates rich human stories, cutting-edge social science and humanities theory, and a focus on the social, political and economic transformations that are rapidly reshaping carers' lives.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eAlex Broom\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology and Director of Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies at The University of Sydney.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Peterie\u003c\/b\u003e is Australian Research Council DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Sociology at The University of Sydney.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509562015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e206\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50806486335628,"sku":"9781509562015","price":62.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509562015.jpg?v=1781799395","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781509562015","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}