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The Care Dilemma

Caring Enough in the Age of Sex Equality

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The Care Dilemma

By: David Goodhart
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Family life has changed rapidly over the past 60 years.

David Goodhart asks whether this transformation has been an unalloyed good. Increased opportunities for women, greater freedom and autonomy, and a more equal domestic sphere have brought considerable benefits. However, argues Goodhart, there have been losses as well as gains: liberal trends have produced negative consequences in family breakdown, children's mental health, and the undervaluing of care. Falling birthrates also present major demographic and social challenges. The costs fall disproportionately on the working poor and left-behind 'somewheres', and, for many, are starting to outweigh the benefits. We need a new policy settlement that supports gender equality while also recognising the importance of stable families and community life.

No-one interested in the biggest social and political challenges facing us can afford to miss this game-changing contribution from one of our most incisive and iconoclastic commentators.

©2024 David Goodhart (P)2024 Swift Press Audio
Politics & Government Sociology Liberalism Socialism

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The problem is a complex, if not a complicated one: how to solve the interconnected problems of a declining birth rate, an ever increasing number of older people living longer and a care system that lacks both status and political clout. And if that weren't enough all of that has to be balanced against an individual's freedom to choose their own lifestyle. There are therefore no easy solutions to the absolute mess of the UK's care system (if indeed it is an actual system) but David Goodhart quietly presents a sensible, reasonable and lucid case for radical change. I enjoyed listening to the audio book very much and hope someone in authority has also been listening.

A sensible, reasonable and lucid case for radical change

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