Caring Democracy Markets Equality And Justice - Joan C. Tronto

Americans Now Face A Caring Deficit: There Are Simply Too Many Demands On Peoples Time For Us To Care Adequately For Our Children, Elderly People, And The Same Time, Political Involvement In The United States Is At An All-time Low, And Although Political Life Should Help Us To Care Better, People See Caring As Unsupported By Public Life And Deem The Concerns Of Politics As Remote From Their Lives. Caring Democracy Argues That We Need To Rethink American Democracy, As Well As Our Fundamental Values And Commitments, From A Caring Perspective. What It Means To Be A Citizen Is To Be Someone Who Takes Up The Challenge: How Should We Best Allocate Care Responsibilities In Society?