Preventing Tragedy in Canada? Risk and Responsibility in Government Discourses about Alcohol Consumption and Pregnancy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6409364
AutoresRebecca Godderis (0000-0001-6413-0224, Wilfrid Laurier University, autor de correspondencia), Zipparah Stephenson (Brock University)
Año2017
Volumen38
Número3
Páginas276-297
Fecha de publicación2017-07-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWomen & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1554477x.2016.1219588
OpenAlexW2525393728
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas41

The feminist analysis presented in this article interrogates the fundamental assumptions that informed the first document produced by the Canadian government about alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Our analysis shows that constructions of risk and responsibility are rooted in neoliberal principles. We argue that such ideas can reinforce a problematic notion of individualization that is at the core of the neoliberal state—one that devalues a sense of social responsibility for the public good and contributes to a highly moralized pregnancy discourse that encourages the widespread surveillance of women’s reproductive bodies and behaviors

Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Consumption (sociology · Environmental ethics · Government (linguistics · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Pregnancy · Public relations · Social responsibility · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Tragedy (event · Child Welfare and Adoption · Homelessness and Social Issues · Philosophy · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects