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- Title
Role sociální práce v opresi matek samoživitelek ze strany kulturní politiky neoliberálního státu.
- Authors
Janebová, Radka
- Abstract
The oppression of single mothers generally takes specific forms in a neoliberal society, because the traditional pressure associated with the female caring role is accompanied by an oppression that stems from their dependence on the welfare system. Social work can play an important role in this oppression in that, as one of the ‘psy’ professions, it becomes a tool for surveilling a woman’s fulfilment of the female caring role and at the same time seeks to discourage women from being dependent on the welfare system. The aim of the article is to reflect on the risk of oppression from Czech social work that single mothers are exposed to within the context of the cultural policy of the neoliberal state. The surveillance techniques that social workers use were identified on the basis of an analysis of Michel Foucault’s work. This analysis revealed how the promotion of the idea of a human as homo oeconomicus plays a role in the process of social workers’ assessments and the method of intervention they choose. Other significant surveillance techniques may include the illusion that the profession’s knowledge is neutral, the duty of confession, and gatekeeping.
- Subjects
FOUCAULT, Michel, 1926-1984; SOCIAL services; SINGLE mothers; SOCIAL workers; ECONOMIC man
- Publication
Gender & Research / Gender a Výzkum, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 1, p154
- ISSN
2570-6578
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13060/gav.2020.008