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Contributions to Books:

A. Gabauer, H. Lebuhn:
"Introduction. New Care Arrangements and Civic Innovation";
in: "Care and the City. Encounters with Urban Studies", A. Gabauer, S. Knierbein, N. Cohen, H. Lebuhn, K. Trogal, T. Viderman, T. Haas (ed.); Routledge, New York / London, 2021, 165 - 170.



English abstract:
This chapter discusses the emergence of new arrangements and innovations of care work, caring relations and practices, and how they materialize in (urban) space. New and innovative care models often arise as a result of structural inequalities, a lack of public care infrastructures, and struggles around the provision and recognition of care work. Despite their innovative character and their claim to challenge conditions of `uncare´ in cities, these new arrangements also turn out to be quite capable of being integrated into forms of neoliberal governance. The chapter draws on scholarly work conceiving care as a moral and political concept that has made fruitful contributions to welfare state research. It shows how a care perspective allows for rethinking the idea of citizenship at the local level, and how it offers a fundamental counter concept to the (neo)liberal ideal of the autonomous, self-sufficient, and independent citizen.


Electronic version of the publication:
https://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/publik_301092.pdf


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