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Care, money management, and gender inequality in low‐income households in times of crisis in Argentina

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ID12925906
AuthorsA Wilkis (0000-0003-4932-2783, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, corresponding author), Florencia Partenio (0000-0002-8920-9497, National University of General San Martín)
Year2024
Volume61
Issue4
Pages356-370
Publication date2024-06-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1755-6171 • E-ISSN: 1755-618X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/cars.12477
OpenAlexW4400018694
LanguageEN
References cited21

Inspired by the sociology of Zelizer, this article lays out a framework of analysis that sheds light on money management as a cornerstone of the social organization of care. First, it lays out the features of the money management of care and caretaking practices to reveal a cyclical process in which the money side of care is rendered invisible and naturalized. It then turns to the question of debt, a key aspect of money management, and its reinforcement of gender inequalities during the care crisis associated with COVID‐19. The findings are drawn from a qualitative survey of low‐income households conducted in Argentina in 2021

Cornerstone · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Crisis management · Debt · Demographic economics · Economic inequality · Economics · Financial crisis · Inequality · Keynesian economics · Low income · Management · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · History · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Medicine · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Finance

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