Austerity Parenting: new economies of parent-citizenship

Jensen, Tracey; Tyler, Imogen

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“…In the UK, the importance attached to whether or not people can 'afford to have children' is evidenced by the social stigma attached to parents living off welfare, particularly in austerity Britain (Jensen & Tyler, 2012;Tyler, 2008). Strong and stable relationships -t hose which can bear the burden of parenthood -are an additional requirement.…”

Section: Older Motherhood -An Uncomplicated Choice?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“For some people it isn’t a choice, it’s just how it happens”: Accounts of “delayed” motherhood among middle-class women in the UK

Budds

Locke

Burr

2016

Feminism & Psychology

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Citation: Budds K, Locke A and Burr V (2016) "For some people it isn't a choice, it's just how it happens": Accounts of 'delayed' motherhood among middle-class women in the UK. Feminism and Psychology. 26(2): 170-187. Copyright statement: © 2016The Authors. Full-text reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.Article "For some people it isn't a choice, it's just how it happens": Accounts of 'delayed' motherhood among middle-class women in the UK. Kirsty BuddsSchool of Psychology, Keele University, UK Abigail LockeFaculty of Social Sciences, University of Bradford, UK Vivien Burr School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK AbstractOver the past few decades the number of women having their first babies over the age of 35 in the United Kingdom (UK) has increased. Women's timing of motherhood is invariably bound up with a discourse of 'choice' and in this paper we consider the role choice plays in the timing of motherhood among women who have been defined as 'older' mothers. This article is based on data from 11 semi-structured interviews that explored the transition to motherhood among 'older' middle-class mothers. The interviews were analysed using critical discursive psychology. The women drew upon two dominant repertoires when making sense of their timing of motherhood. Within the first repertoire, 'older motherhood as circumstance', older motherhood was presented as the outcome of life circumstances beyond their control, with a lack of the 'right' circumstances facilitating 'delayed' motherhood. Within the second repertoire, 'older motherhood as readiness', women constructed themselves as (now) prepared for motherhood. 'Readiness' was bound up with notions of self-fulfillment, yet also assessments of their ability to be 'good' mothers. We conclude that, far from a straightforward choice, the timing of motherhood is shaped by cultural definitions of the 'right' circumstances for parenthood, but also cultural definitions of 'good' motherhood, which may define when women are 'ready'.

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Section: Older Motherhood -An Uncomplicated Choice?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“For some people it isn’t a choice, it’s just how it happens”: Accounts of “delayed” motherhood among middle-class women in the UK

Budds

Locke

Burr

2016

Feminism & Psychology

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“…As noted, this has occurred alongside regressive cuts to public social spending. Arguably, this begets a variegated praxis of social citizenship where the requirement to 'learn to do without, to wait for what we want and to put scarce resources to better use' is unevenly applied to social citizens in times of austerity (Jensen and Tyler, 2012).…”

Section: Reforming Welfare In Times Of Austeritymentioning

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‘How the Other Half Live’: Poor and Rich Citizenship in Austere Welfare Regimes

Edmiston¹

2016

Social Policy & Society

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“…Class seeks to account for the strong classed character of cultural representations (and experiences) of mothering in general, and particularly in the recession (Jensen and Tyler, 2012;Negra and Tasker, 2014 …”

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The ‘stay-at-home’ mother, postfeminism and neoliberalism: Content analysis of UK news coverage

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Benedictis

2015

European Journal of Communication

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This article analyzes the construction in the UK media of the ‘stay-at-home mother’, a maternal figure who received increasing visibility during the recession and its aftermath. Based on a content analysis of UK national newspaper coverage of stay-at-home mothers (2008–2013), this article argues that the stay-at-home mother emerges from its press coverage as a neoliberal postfeminist subject. On the one hand, the coverage complicates claims about antifeminist backlash and women’s harking back to passive femininity. On the other hand, it fails significantly to undermine maternal femininity’s entanglement with neoliberalism, and reinforces the process described by McRobbie as ‘disarticulation’, by separating between middle-class mothers and working-class mothers.

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Austerity Parenting: new economies of parent-citizenship

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“For some people it isn’t a choice, it’s just how it happens”: Accounts of “delayed” motherhood among middle-class women in the UK

“For some people it isn’t a choice, it’s just how it happens”: Accounts of “delayed” motherhood among middle-class women in the UK

‘How the Other Half Live’: Poor and Rich Citizenship in Austere Welfare Regimes

The ‘stay-at-home’ mother, postfeminism and neoliberalism: Content analysis of UK news coverage

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