Georges Isabel. (2018). New public policies and care work at the crossroads of formalisation/informalization (Brazil). Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies, 9 (1), p. 51-64. ISSN 1549-9502.
Titre du document
New public policies and care work at the crossroads of formalisation/informalization (Brazil)
Année de publication
2018
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Georges Isabel
Source
Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies, 2018,
9 (1), p. 51-64 ISSN 1549-9502
In the context of Latin-American studies of informality since the 1960s, and based on a case study of three care work scenarios, this article proposes a reflexion on the Brazilian State's (paradoxical) tendency during the first decade of the millennium towards formalisation in a relational perspective. The way in which the State regulates this work contributes directly to the depoliticization of the poor, and more widely, to neoliberal governance. The article shows how this governance, beyond instrumentalizing the work of poor women, also individuates them and creates new hierarchies. The novelty of these policies resides in the activation and transfer of responsibility to these individuals for the scheduled failure of their permanent efforts towards self-entrepreneurship, which constitutes an antithesis to the notion of (social) rights.
Plan de classement
Travail, politique de l'emploi [100TRAVA]
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Politique sociale, problèmes sociaux [106PROSO]
