Welfare Mother” Activism, Mainstream Feminism, and the Cunning of History in Ontario’s 1970s Welfare Debate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6409535 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wendy Mckeen (York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 75-103 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1554477x.2017.1375787 |
| OpenAlex | W2772048690 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 22 |
This article examines the voice of mobilized welfare mothers and the mainstream women's movement in the welfare debate of the 1970s in Ontario. A question debated was whether welfare mothers had a right to "stay home" while receiving welfare. The article shows that a radical strain of welfare mother activists at this time demanded recognition of women's unpaid work. While mainstream women's groups were generally sympathetic to welfare mothers, their overriding focus on employability as the solution to their poverty served to derail the radical possibilities of welfare mother politics and solidify a policy agenda that undermined the deserving status of welfare mothers
Employability · Feminism · Mainstream · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare reform · Canadian Identity and History · Gender Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US
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Public Policy for Women
The Dilemma of Liberal Citizenship
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |