The care crisis: what caused it and how can we end it?, de Emma Dowling

Georgia Paula Martins Faust

doi:10.5433/2176-6665.2025v30e53424

The care crisis: what caused it and how can we end it?, by Emma Dowling

Authors

Georgia Paula Martins Faust UFSC https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5622-7413

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2176-6665.2025v30e53424

Keywords:

Care, Neoliberalism, Feminism, Social Reproduction, Public policies

Abstract

Review: DOWLING, Emma. The Care Crisis: What Caused It and How Can We End It?. London: Verso, 2021. 272p.

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Author Biography

Georgia Paula Martins Faust, UFSC

Master's degree in Education from the Regional University of Blumenau (2020). PhD candidate in Human Sciences at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Email: geo.faust@gmail.com

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2025-12-16

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FAUST, Georgia Paula Martins. The care crisis: what caused it and how can we end it?, by Emma Dowling. Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais, Londrina, v. 30, p. e53424, 2025. DOI: 10.5433/2176-6665.2025v30e53424. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/53424. Acesso em: 14 jan. 2026.

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