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Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality, and Dependency (Thinking Gender) (1st Edition) by Eva Feder Kittay Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-415-90413-7 / 0415904137 ISBN-13: 978-0-415-90413-1 / 9780415904131 This fascinating study of women carers explores the significance of dependency work by analyzing John Rawls' influential liberal theory and two examples of public policy - welfare reform and family leave - to show how both theory and policy fail women when they miss the centrality of dependency to |