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This chapter introduces the concept of the “productivity of care” and illustrates the rewarding and empowering aspects of care which are commonly overlooked. It provides empirical evidence of some of these important dimensions of care and clarifies how different types of caregivers make their way through the brighter and yet less explored dimensions of the care world.
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William James, The Energies of Men, New York, Moffat, Yard and Company, 1913.
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On the importance of individual reputations, see Chap. 5.
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Social psychologists have long identified three components of attitudes: a cognitive component, an affective component and a motivational component. See Scherer (2005).
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Pratesi, A. (2018). The Productivity of Care. In: Doing Care, Doing Citizenship . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63109-7_6
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