Moral codes of mothering and the introduction of welfare-to-work in Ontario |
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Authors: | Gazso Amber |
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Institution: | Department of Sociology, Founders College, Room 134, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3. agazso@yorku.ca |
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Abstract: | In this paper, I trace how the reform of social assistance in Ontario, especially the post-1990s enforcement of lone mothers' employability via welfare-to-work programs, parallels shifts in dominant moral codes of mothering, from "mother-carer" to "mother-worker." Additionally, I use this case as an entry point to consider the implications of public and policy allegiance to these moral codes for all mothers. The central argument I make is that the introduction of welfare-to-work programs in Ontario did not occur in a neoliberal state-sanctioned vacuum but also involved the circulation of ideas about moral mothering outside of policy into policy. |
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