Unjust Conditions: Women’s Work and the Hidden Cost of Cash Transfer Programs

214 Pages·2018·12.779 MB·English

by  Tara Patricia Cookson

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Unjust Conditions

Unjust Conditions
Women’s Work and the Hidden Cost of
Cash Transfer Programs
Tara Patricia Cookson
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© 2018 by Tara Cookson
Suggested citation: Cookson, T. P. Unjust Conditions: Women’s Work and the
Hidden Cost of Cash Transfer Programs. Oakland: University of California
Press, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.49
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To Anita, Carmelina, Elvia, Maritza, Noemi, Rocio, and Victoria.
And to Cecilia, whose vision for development is based on what women
know is already there, instead of what others think is lacking.

The world will look different if we move care from its current peripheral
location to a place near the centre of human life.
Joan Tronto, Moral Boundaries, 1993