From ‘Relief’ to ‘Justice and Protection’
The Maintenance of Deserted Wives, British Masculinity and Imperial Citizenship, 1870–1920
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12226287 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marjorie Levine‐clark (0000-0002-6679-4371, University of Colorado Denver, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 302-321 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender & History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0953-5233 • E-ISSN: 1468-0424 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0424.2010.01592.x |
| OpenAlex | W1540860111 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the early twentieth century, local British poor law guardians’ concerns with the maintenance of deserted and neglected families were transformed into imperial, and later transnational, policy promoting justice for abandoned wives and children. Both local court cases concerning maintenance and policy debates at the national and imperial levels reveal the ways in which a breadwinner model of masculinity shaped maintenance policy and practice. Although the maintenance problem was framed differently by local welfare providers and imperial heads of state, concerns about welfare costs and human rights intersected in the figure of the irresponsible male citizen, who challenged the dominant model of British/imperial masculinity by refusing to maintain his wife
Citizenship · Economic Justice · Masculinity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Welfare · Wife · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |