preface

Part 1: Transition to a Care Society

Chapter 1 … Capitalism and Care
1.
Capitalism, Care, and Welfare
2.
Capitalism, Welfare, and Child Care

Chapter 2: Care Democracy and Care Governance
1.
Care democracy
2.
Care democracy and care policy
3.
Care Democracy and Care Governance
4.
Care governance and alternatives

Chapter 3 … Cooperatives as an Alternative: Childcare
1.
Joint Childcare Cooperative
2.
Childcare social cooperatives in Europe and Korea
3.
Co-parenting Social Cooperatives and Publicness

Chapter 4: Co-parenting Social Cooperatives and Their Challenges
1.
Co-parenting Social Cooperative
2.
Tasks of the Co-parenting Social Cooperative
3.
Institutional support for joint childcare social cooperatives
4.
Discussion on sustainable development

Part 2 1% Co-parenting Cooperative

Chapter 5 … Cooperation and Solidarity
1.
Entering
2.
Theoretical discussion
3.
Background of the Gwacheon case
4.
Care through co-parenting
5.
Expanding community through communication and relationships
6.
Citizen-led care
7.
argument

Chapter 6: Expanding the Co-Childcare Cooperative Ecosystem
1.
Entering
2.
Background and history of domestic and international childcare cooperatives
3.
Cooperative-based daycare centers
4.
Case Background
5.
Organizational structure
6.
The value of co-parenting
7.
argument

Part 3: Elementary Care, Caring Together

Chapter 7… Elementary Care
1.
Entering
2.
Care and care ethics
3.
Care State and Care Democracy
4.
Right to care and children's rights
5.
Care democracy and elementary care policy
6.
Case Background
7.
Elementary care analyzed from the perspective of care democracy
8.
argument

Chapter 8… Elementary Joint Childcare and After-School Cooperative
1.
Entering
2.
Primary Care and Children's Rights
3.
Problems with elementary care and legal and institutional mechanisms
4.
After-school co-parenting
5.
Case Background
6.
Why I Chose After-School Co-Childcare Outside of School
7.
The identity of elementary after-school care classrooms
8.
Children's Rights and Care
9.
Absence of legal basis and accountability for primary care
10.
argument

Part 4: A Care Society and a Sustainable Future

Chapter 9: Expanding the Care Ecosystem and Cooperatives
1.
Care ethics and universal care
2.
Mainstreaming care
3.
Care Justice and Care Governance
4.
For a society where cooperative living is possible

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A Practical Guide to an Equal and Sustainable Care Society

Modern society has placed the highest value on productivity and efficiency and has devalued care.
Although caring for children, the elderly, the sick, and the disabled is an essential role that sustains society, the burden has been disproportionately shifted to families, especially women.
"How is a Society of Caring Together Possible?" confronts this structural problem head-on and presents a concrete roadmap toward an equal and sustainable society where everyone cares together.

Professor Jang Su-jeong of the Department of Social Welfare at Dankook University proposes a model of care that expands care beyond the individual's private responsibility to a social and public responsibility, creating a society where everyone cares together.
We present real-world examples from Korea and abroad, including cooperatives, local communities, and parent-participatory care models.
This book, compiled from over ten years of research, presents examples of good care that we hope will be expanded to the private, public, and third sectors.
Rather than treating care as a simple welfare issue, it was reinterpreted as a democratic practice in which citizens care for one another and transform society.
It systematically contains strategies for shifting the care paradigm, establishing care governance, and realizing publicness and social justice.

The book is divided into four parts.
Part 1 examines the issues of capitalism and care, and the theoretical foundations of care democracy. Part 2 examines collaborative childcare cooperatives and citizen-led practices. Part 3 examines specific operational models for elementary care and collaborative after-school care cooperatives. Part 4 envisions the future of a sustainable care ecosystem and a cooperative-based society.
Through this systematic structure and a variety of real-world examples, this book provides an in-depth discussion on the shift in the care paradigm and the definition of care. Furthermore, it presents concrete ideas and strategies for realizing the diverse care our society demands as a public and social responsibility.

Recommended for researchers, social activists, care practitioners, community activists, policymakers, social economy workers, and all citizens who are considering new possibilities for care.
Although it focuses on child care cases, it is also recommended for citizens who are active and concerned about all areas of care, including the elderly and people with disabilities.
If you want to create a caring society where everyone contributes to care and everyone receives good care when needed, this book will be the answer to the first step.