Gender, malice, obligation and the state
Separated mothers’ experiences of administrative burdens with Australia's child support program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11961978 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Cook (0000-0002-0894-2815, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Swinburne University of Technology Hawthorn Victoria Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 912-932 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0313-6647 • E-ISSN: 1467-8500 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8500.12522 |
| OpenAlex | W3209169370 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article provides an empirical account of Herd and Moynihan's theory of administrative burdens as they apply to Australian child support recipients. Interviews with 41 separated mothers revealed how they were compelled to engage in the child support system and then required to expend significant time and effort undertaking administrative work on behalf of the state, often for little financial benefit. Unlike the examples provided by Herd and Moynihan, in this study, it was found that child support system burdens could be used by aggrieved fathers to inflict financial and psychological harms on their ex‐partners. The state accepted fathers’ imposition of costs on mothers as they shared a financial interest in maintaining women's burdens. As a result, this paper provides three conceptual advancements on the existing theory, by articulating: how administrative burdens can be created and applied by non‐government third parties, in this case individual ex‐family members; how the state can acquiesce to the imposition of harms if these align with their interests; and how the state distributes obligations and autonomy along social lines, such as, in this case, along the lines of class and gender
Autonomy · Business · Child support · Economics · Government (linguistics · Malice · Obligation · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Gender Politics and Representation · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Policy implementation as social justice
Citizens putting in the work
What is in a form? Examining the complexity of application forms and administrative burden
Administrative burden as a constraint on freedom in the modern welfare state
Experiences of Administrative Burden in Context
Kafka’s Bureaucracy
Fardeau administratif et gouverrnement des mères pauvres
Exploring the influence of administrative capacities on administrative burdens
Administrative Burden in Citizen–State Interactions
Breaking down administrative burdens
Carga administrativa y administración digital
Do Vulnerable Citizens (Really) Perceive Higher Bureaucracy Costs? Testing a Key Claim of the Administrative Burden Framework
Gendered administrative burden
Reforming Policy for Single-Parent Families to Reduce Child Poverty
Domestic and family violence, child support and ‘the exemption’
State Facilitated Economic Abuse
Forms of fettering
State tactics of welfare benefit minimisation
Institutional processes and the production of gender inequalities
The Changing Socio‐Demographic Composition of Poverty in Australia
Micro-aggressions, single mothers and interactions with government workers
Gender As a Social Structure
Child Maintenance and Social Security Interactions
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |