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Thinking Allowed: Conservatism, Emotional Labour in a Care Home

18/02/2015

Conservatism, Emotional Labour in a Care Home

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Conservatism, Emotional Labour in a Care Home

Conservatism: its roots and meaning. Also, the emotional impact of working in a care home.

Laurie Taylor explores the historical roots and contemporary meaning of conservatism. Also, the emotional impact of working in a care home.

Conservatism: Roger Scruton, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, London, talks to Laurie Taylor, about the intellectual roots of Conservative values and ideology.

Also, the emotional labour of care workers in a private residential care home. Eleanor Johnson, Researcher in Social Sciences at the University of Cardiff, talks about her case study of carer's practical and emotional work.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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