"Political Discourses on Workfare and Feminist Debates On the Recognition of Unpaid Work.".
Michaud, Jacinthe. "Political Discourses on Workfare and Feminist Debates On the Recognition of Unpaid Work." Atlantis, Never Done: The Challenge of Unpaid Work, vol. 28. no. 2 (Spring 2004), pp. 138-149.This article proposes a feminist critical analysis of three series of arguments that shaped political discourses in support of Workfare legislations during the 1990s in Canada: the restoration of work ethic: the improvement of self esteem among welfare recipients, and the deregulation of the welfare system by imposing compulsory measures that will determine who among the poor deserve public assistance, particularly Workfare policies aimed at youths and teenage mothers. (Journal abstracts)
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| Title Annotation: | WORK AND EMPLOYMENT/TRAVAIL ET EMPLOI |
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| Publication: | Resources for Feminist Research |
| Article Type: | Brief article |
| Geographic Code: | 1CANA |
| Date: | Mar 22, 2006 |
| Words: | 102 |
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