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Agamben and the political positioning of child welfare-involved mothers in child protective services
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Waterhouse, Lorraine McGhee, J. Alexandra |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | In the UK protecting children from maltreatment is an administrative and juridical system with law as ultimate arbiter of whether a mother may retain care of her child. The primary legal principle is the child’s best interests. This paper draws on Giorgio Agamben’s theory of ‘bare life’ (1995) to examine the identity and the political positioning of child welfare–involved mothers in contemporary western child protection systems to complement the primary focus on their children. A fundamental underlying issue, namely the control of life and its significance for women involved with state bureaucratic administrative and legal child protective services is examined and its significance for the biopolitical identity of child welfare-involved mothers in child protective services. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1332/204674314X14041323069042 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/files/18615305/Agamben_and_the_political_positioning_of_child_welfare_involved_mothers_in_child_protective_services.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1332/204674314X14041323069042 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
