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Emejulu, Akwugo and Bassel, Leah (2018) Austerity and the politics of becoming. Journal of Common Market Studies, 56 (S1). pp. 109-119. doi:10.1111/jcms.12774
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12774
Abstract
In this short contribution, we attempt to explore the ways in which austerity measures – deficit reductions through tax increases and cuts to public spending – generate unexpected political subjectivities among women of colour activists in Britain. In particular, we ex- amine how the dramatic cuts to public spending and the privatization of public services simultaneously subject women of colour by further destabilizing their already precarious economic position and create new possibilities for women becoming radical agents for social change. We argue that the dynamic for mapping this process of women of colour becoming new (or, at least, different) political agents is found in the oftentimes disrespected and devalued social relations of caring and care work (Erel, 2011). We argue that caring for and about Others is a dual process of subjectivation through the (re) privat- ization of care through the roll back of the social welfare state and a politics of becoming which generates new solidarities for collective action among women of colour.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Women, Black -- Employment -- Political aspects -- Great Britain, Public welfare -- Contracting out -- Great Britain | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Common Market Studies | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0021-9886 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | September 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 56 | ||||||||
| Number: | S1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 109-119 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/jcms.12774 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||||
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