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At work, at home? New geographies of work and care-giving under welfare reform in the US

At work, at home? New geographies of work and care-giving under welfare reform in the US
At work, at home? New geographies of work and care-giving under welfare reform in the US
This paper examines what is considered work within contemporary US welfare policy and how work relates to care-work. After putting changes to US social welfare policy in the 1990s in context, the paper compares what counts as a work activity under welfare reform. It is argued that 'work' and 'non-work' are implicitly defined in terms of gender, race and space. Through engagement with contemporary feminist social theory (particularly the work of Nancy Fraser), it is argued that within America's new world of welfare, work continues to be defined in terms that are both masculinist and place-based.
1356-2576
75-86
Boyer, Kate
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Boyer, Kate
58353460-e5b0-47f3-a7a3-27df98b2318b

Boyer, Kate (2003) At work, at home? New geographies of work and care-giving under welfare reform in the US. Space and Polity, 7 (1), 75-86. (doi:10.1080/13562570309246).

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This paper examines what is considered work within contemporary US welfare policy and how work relates to care-work. After putting changes to US social welfare policy in the 1990s in context, the paper compares what counts as a work activity under welfare reform. It is argued that 'work' and 'non-work' are implicitly defined in terms of gender, race and space. Through engagement with contemporary feminist social theory (particularly the work of Nancy Fraser), it is argued that within America's new world of welfare, work continues to be defined in terms that are both masculinist and place-based.

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Published date: April 2003
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Local EPrints ID: 47010
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/47010
DOI: doi:10.1080/13562570309246
ISSN: 1356-2576
PURE UUID: 63172028-997e-481f-9fd3-38d3b99d87f0

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Date deposited: 20 Jul 2007
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 09:30

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Author: Kate Boyer

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