Breadwinning as care?
- Autor(en)
- Eva-Maria Schmidt
- Abstrakt
As some scholars have argued for a distinct conceptualisation of breadwinning and for understanding breadwinning as a form of care, this study addresses parents' constructions of breadwinning and its connections to care. It is based on an in-depth interpretive analysis of multiple-perspective, qualitative longitudinal interviews with 22 Austrian mothers and fathers from three points in time during their transition to parenthood. The analysis revealed four different types of breadwinning concepts by considering the jointly constructed meaning of mothers' and fathers' paid work within a parental couple and further relied on Tronto's [(1993). Moral boundaries. A political argument for an ethic of care. New York, NY: Routledge] conceptualisation of care as a four-step process. The results indicate that respondents construct a clear difference between earning money and breadwinning. Additionally, a difference is made between breadwinning and taking care of the family's subsistence, predominantly so for mothers. In conclusion, breadwinning can definitely be considered a form of care and thus a form of involvement in parenting, but it cannot be regarded a form of involvement in caregiving. The holistic picture of parents' joint constructions enabled us to contribute to the existing conceptualisations of breadwinning and of parental involvement, thus providing a novel perspective on matters of gender equality.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Soziologie
- Journal
- Community, Work and Family
- Band
- 21
- Seiten
- 445-462
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2017.1318112
- Publikationsdatum
- 04-2017
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 504014 Gender Studies, 504011 Familienforschung
- Schlagwörter
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Social Sciences(all), Development, Sociology and Political Science
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/breadwinning-as-care(0bbcc8ef-6826-4bb0-a7d9-01f27ca84f9c).html