SOCI 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Unsecured Debt, Neoliberalism, Shaky Ground
29 Feb 2016
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Neo-liberalism, families, and work-life balance by kate bezanson (pg. Asks some fundamental questions about the economic crisis and its implications for work and families in. Argues that the protections that might have shielded families and workers from the worst effects of this crisis were dismantled in the road runner capitalism years leading up to the fall of 2008. It explores what has happened in canada since the crash of 2008. It explains neo-liberalism and how the logic of this kind of economic model left workers and families on shaky ground. It considers social supports in the canadian welfare state and argues that before the crisis of 2008, there were few supports to balance work and family and to offset income insecurity or shortfalls. It profiles one family"s story from a longitudinal case study of 49 families in ontario who are balancing significant work and caregiving responsibilities.
