THE POLITICS OF CARE IN A STATE OF CRISIS: THE ROMANIAN CASE
THE POLITICS OF CARE IN A STATE OF CRISIS: THE ROMANIAN CASE

Summary/Abstract: The present paper aims to investigate the Romanian public discourse and policy-making regarding care during the post-communist transition and its possible implications in the context of the present financial crisis and Romanian political realities. The paper is divided into three main sections, corresponding to the three main dimensions of analysis: one detailing the theoretical framework used in the present approach, one presenting a brief overview of the politics of care during the Romanian transition and one addressing the new issues put forward by the present context. Drawing from the insights of feminist scholarship on the ethics of care, the analysis of Romanian policies and discourse will be broken down along three distinct but interdependent research variables: the status of care-taking activities and the situation of care-takers and carereceivers themselves, especially related to their risk of social exclusion. A list of priorities will be put forward, both for future research and policy-making.

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