Revista de Políticas Públicas (Jan 2012)

O DESENVOLVIMENTO DAS POLÍTICAS DE CUIDADOS EM UMA PERSPECTIVA COMPARADA: França, Brasil e Japão

  • Helena Sumiko Hirata

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This arlicle presents the theories of care and care work on vulnerable people (elderly, sick and handicapped people, children). Next it focuses on the main debates and controversial points about this issue. Finally, it presents preliminary findings from an empirical research conducted in 2010-2011 in three countries: Brazil, France and Japan.

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