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Grugel, Jean, Macias, Susanna and Rai, Shirin M. (2020) Depletion, intersectionality and the limits of social policy : child carers in Mexico City. European Journal of Politics and Gender, 3 (2). pp. 221-236. doi:10.1332/251510820X15858427067832
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Abstract
This paper makes a dual contribution. First, it adds a novel intersectional perspective to studies of depletion through social reproduction, examining the depletion experienced by children and adolescents caring for their younger siblings in Mexico City. We show how the depletion child carers experience is shaped by a combination of age, low income, other forms of work in and outside the home and gender, through the examples of three poor young people who provide everyday, regular care to siblings. Secondly, we explore the limitations of cash transfer welfare programmes by examining their failure to address the needs of children who provide care within the family and show how misperceptions by social policy makers of the experiences of young carers limit the capacity of social policies to make a difference to their wellbeing. The paper underlines the importance of greater recognition of social reproductive work by poor children and adolescents and of the intersectional depletion they experience, both within social policy and in academic research.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman J Political Science > JZ International relations |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Child caregivers , Child caregivers -- Mexico -- Mexico City, Unpaid labor -- Mexico -- Mexico City, Child labor -- Mexico -- Mexico City, Social policy | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of Politics and Gender | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2515-1088 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | June 2020 | ||||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 June 2020 | ||||||||
| Volume: | 3 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 221-236 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1332/251510820X15858427067832 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Publisher Statement: | "This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in European Journal of Politics and Gender. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Grugel, Jean, Macias, Susanna and Rai, Shirin M. (2020) Depletion, intersectionality and the limits of social policy : child carers in Mexico City. European Journal of Politics and Gender, 3 (2). pp. 221-236 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1332/251510820X15858427067832 | ||||||||
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