Care as an Intersectional Point to Analyze Socio-Economy

In her article for the Kansai Sociological Review, Care as an Intersectional Point to Analyze Socio-Economy, Ito Peng explains how an intersectional lens of care bolsters our understanding of socio-economy. She uses the research project Care Economies in Context as an example of how to build such an analysis and apply it to research, care, and policy work.

Ito Peng is the Canada Research Chair in Global Social Policy, Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the Department of Sociology and the School of Public Policy and Governance, and the Director of the Centre for Global Social Policy.

Citation

Ito Peng, Care as an Intersectional Point to Analyze Socio-Economy, Kansai Sociological Review, 2023, Volume 22, Pages 126-134, Released on J-STAGE August 20, 2024, Online ISSN 2423-9518, Print ISSN 1347-4057, https://doi.org/10.20791/ksr.22.0_126

Abstract

As we gradually shift to possible post-COVID-19 pandemic future, it would be important to reflect on our learnings over the last three years and consider how we can build a more robust and resilient future. This paper discusses how we might be able to use care as an intersectional point to analyzing socio-economy. Using my current international partnership research project, Care Economies in Context: towards sustainable social and economic development, as an example, I show how we can conceptualize care and its intersectional characteristics, and to use this as a point to understand the socio-economy.

Ito Peng