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- On the Sociology of Latin America: Some Key Pieces of the Puzzle
- States in Latin America: Are They Still Worth Studying? An Introduction
- Historical Construction of the State in Latin America: A Field in Formation
- Revolution and Counterrevolution in Guatemala: The Contention over Changing a Seigneurial Society
- Capitalism and the State in Latin America: Economic Power, Social Inequality, and Environmental Depletion
- From Social Insurance to Poverty Relief: Avatars of Social Protection in Latin America
- The Sociology of Inequality in Latin America
- Differences, Inequalities, and Labor Markets in Latin America: Some Hypotheses
- Inequality, Social Mobility, and Racism in Bolivia
- Patterns of Social Inclusion and Exclusion Among Youth Living in Stigmatized Neighborhoods
- Social Violence and Privilege: Strategies of the Upper Middle Class in San Salvador
- Inequality and Social Justice in Latin America: Youth’s Perception and Values
- Ideological Inversion and the (De)legitimation of Neoliberalism in Chile
- Privilege Accumulation Among Upper Middle-Class Youth in Mexico
- From Sociology of Latin American Religions to a Latin American Sociology of Religion
- The Sociology of Religion in Latin America: from Theoretical Dependence to Its Specificity
- Religious Diversity, Popular Religions and Multiple Modernities
- Four Keys to Understanding Religious Experience in Latin America
- Practices of Sacralization: A Theoretical Proposal for a Sociology of (Popular) Religion from Latin America
- Social Movements in Latin America: Mapping the Literature
- Labor Movements in Latin America
- Latin American Women’s Movements: A Historical Overview
- Student Movements in Latin America
- Indigenous Movements in Latin America: Tensions, Contradictions, Possibilities
- Economic Globalization and Social Movements in Latin America
- Sociology of Migration in Latin America: Formation and Development of a Field of Study
- Migration, Development, and Latin American Sociology
- Migration, Borders, and Identity in the Latin American Context
- Gender, Migration, and Latin America
- Migration and Immigrant Organizational Forms in Latin America
- The Sociology of Gender in Latin America: from Social Mothers to Sexual Rights
- Violence Against Women: Contributions from Latin America
- Contributions from the Sociology of Care in Latin America
- Gender and Work in Contemporary Latin America
- Medical Sociology in Latin America
- The Trajectory and Identity of Sociology of Health in Brazil
- A Sociological Approach to the Study of Alternative and Complementary Medicine in Argentina
- Sexual Stratification and Sexual Agency Among Low-Income Girls in an Andean City
- Mexican Women and Decision Making in Health: The Practical Sense
- An Introduction the Sociology of Crime and Violence in Latin America
- Sociology of Fear of Crime in Latin America
- Homicides in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Arming the Americas
- Urban Violence and the Spatial Question: The Built Environmental Correlates of (In)Security in Latin American Cities
- Border Violence in Latin America: An Expression of Complementary Asymmetries
- Illicit Drugs and Organized Crime in Latin America: New Scholarship and the Future of Alternative Policies
- Forced Displacement and Globalization in Latin America: Causal Factors, Policies, and Perspectives
- Violent Victimization in Poor Neighborhoods of Bogotá, Lima, and Santiago: Empirical Test of the Social Disorganization and the Collective Efficacy Theories
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This chapter aims to provide some insights into how care emerged as a subject of sociological study in Latin America through the lens of gender inequality. Since its emergence as an academic concern, care has become one of the most dynamic and controversial fields of study in contemporary sociology. In Latin American countries, the social organization of care became important in the context of a “care crisis,” which was caused by a combination of increased female participation in the labor market, a more diverse organization of households and families, men’s infrequent participation in care and domestic chores, increasing life expectancy, and new care needs. Shifts in women’s professional lives, in combination with an absence of public services and social benefits that might have replaced some of the unpaid work women had performed within families, have given rise to the crisis of care.
Keywords: care work in Latin America, social organization of care, unpaid work, female labor markets, sexual division of labor
Karina Batthyány
Department of Sociology, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
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- On the Sociology of Latin America: Some Key Pieces of the Puzzle
- States in Latin America: Are They Still Worth Studying? An Introduction
- Historical Construction of the State in Latin America: A Field in Formation
- Revolution and Counterrevolution in Guatemala: The Contention over Changing a Seigneurial Society
- Capitalism and the State in Latin America: Economic Power, Social Inequality, and Environmental Depletion
- From Social Insurance to Poverty Relief: Avatars of Social Protection in Latin America
- The Sociology of Inequality in Latin America
- Differences, Inequalities, and Labor Markets in Latin America: Some Hypotheses
- Inequality, Social Mobility, and Racism in Bolivia
- Patterns of Social Inclusion and Exclusion Among Youth Living in Stigmatized Neighborhoods
- Social Violence and Privilege: Strategies of the Upper Middle Class in San Salvador
- Inequality and Social Justice in Latin America: Youth’s Perception and Values
- Ideological Inversion and the (De)legitimation of Neoliberalism in Chile
- Privilege Accumulation Among Upper Middle-Class Youth in Mexico
- From Sociology of Latin American Religions to a Latin American Sociology of Religion
- The Sociology of Religion in Latin America: from Theoretical Dependence to Its Specificity
- Religious Diversity, Popular Religions and Multiple Modernities
- Four Keys to Understanding Religious Experience in Latin America
- Practices of Sacralization: A Theoretical Proposal for a Sociology of (Popular) Religion from Latin America
- Social Movements in Latin America: Mapping the Literature
- Labor Movements in Latin America
- Latin American Women’s Movements: A Historical Overview
- Student Movements in Latin America
- Indigenous Movements in Latin America: Tensions, Contradictions, Possibilities
- Economic Globalization and Social Movements in Latin America
- Sociology of Migration in Latin America: Formation and Development of a Field of Study
- Migration, Development, and Latin American Sociology
- Migration, Borders, and Identity in the Latin American Context
- Gender, Migration, and Latin America
- Migration and Immigrant Organizational Forms in Latin America
- The Sociology of Gender in Latin America: from Social Mothers to Sexual Rights
- Violence Against Women: Contributions from Latin America
- Contributions from the Sociology of Care in Latin America
- Gender and Work in Contemporary Latin America
- Medical Sociology in Latin America
- The Trajectory and Identity of Sociology of Health in Brazil
- A Sociological Approach to the Study of Alternative and Complementary Medicine in Argentina
- Sexual Stratification and Sexual Agency Among Low-Income Girls in an Andean City
- Mexican Women and Decision Making in Health: The Practical Sense
- An Introduction the Sociology of Crime and Violence in Latin America
- Sociology of Fear of Crime in Latin America
- Homicides in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Arming the Americas
- Urban Violence and the Spatial Question: The Built Environmental Correlates of (In)Security in Latin American Cities
- Border Violence in Latin America: An Expression of Complementary Asymmetries
- Illicit Drugs and Organized Crime in Latin America: New Scholarship and the Future of Alternative Policies
- Forced Displacement and Globalization in Latin America: Causal Factors, Policies, and Perspectives
- Violent Victimization in Poor Neighborhoods of Bogotá, Lima, and Santiago: Empirical Test of the Social Disorganization and the Collective Efficacy Theories
