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102 lines
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abstract: 'Women''s unpaid care and domestic work is gaining relevance in
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policy-making as well as in academia. Feminist scholars and activists
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have lobbied successfully for the integration of unpaid care and
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domestic work into the Sustainable Development Goals (Goal 5.4) of the
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United Nations in the hope for greater recognition of women''s
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contribution to the economy. Policy documents about social reproduction
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highlight women''s disproportionate share of reproductive activities as
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an obstacle to women''s economic empowerment and as a relic of
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`traditional'' gender roles. Social reproduction is thereby not
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understood as a merit in itself, but as an obstacle to women''s
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participation in paid labour. Policy implications will enable certain
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empowerment effects for some women, but at the same time promote the
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increasing privatization and commodification of reproductive work across
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the globe. Rising inequalities between the Global North and South and
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between women along the categories of class and race will be one major
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result. To theoretically explain such contradictory effects of the
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recognition of social reproduction, I use the concept of `enclosures''
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based on Marx'' `primitive accumulation''. Feminist scholars use the
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concept to explain how unpaid care and housework is commodified or
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de-commodified to integrate women into the paid labour force or to
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reduce the costs of social reproduction according to the needs of the
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economy. The sudden interest in unpaid care and domestic work e.g. in
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the Sustainable Development Goals can therefore be seen as process of
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double enclosure, which integrates women into the paid labour force, but
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also sets the grounds for the further commodification of domestic and
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care work. This paper aims to critically discuss the sudden interest in
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unpaid domestic and care work and its contradictory effects from a
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Marxist feminist perspective and reflects on feminist strategies and
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movements in global governance. After introducing Marxist perspectives
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on social reproduction, the question if and how feminist ideas and
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concepts have been appropriated, the effects and implications of global
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policies on social reproduction and global inequalities, as well as
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possible counter-strategies will be discussed.'
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affiliation: 'Beier, F (Corresponding Author), Free Univ Berlin, Otto Suhr Inst Polit
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Sci, Ctr Gender \& Divers, Berlin, Germany.
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Beier, Friederike, Free Univ Berlin, Otto Suhr Inst Polit Sci, Ctr Gender \& Divers,
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Berlin, Germany.'
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author: Beier, Friederike
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author-email: friederike.beier@fu-berlin.de
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author_list:
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- family: Beier
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given: Friederike
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da: '2023-09-28'
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files: []
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issn: 1726-670X
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journal: TRIPLEC-COMMUNICATION CAPITALISM \& CRITIQUE
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keywords: 'social reproduction; primitive accumulation; enclosure; unpaid work;
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housework; care; gender; global inequality; intersectionality; economic
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empowerment; United Nations; sustainable development goals; politics of
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appropriation; feminism; feminist strategies'
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keywords-plus: PRIMITIVE ACCUMULATION; DISPOSSESSION; ECONOMY; RIGHTS; TIME
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language: English
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '111'
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pages: 546-561
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papis_id: 974a023a5da05fe4968b476a511bec9e
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ref: Beier2018marxistperspectives
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times-cited: '6'
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title: Marxist Perspectives on the Global Enclosures of Social Reproduction
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000443306500013
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '12'
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volume: '16'
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web-of-science-categories: Communication
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year: '2018'
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