Journal article
Institutional processes and the production of gender inequalities: The case of Australian child support research and administration
Critical Social Policy, Vol.35(4), pp.512-534
2015
Abstract
This article analyses the administrative and research capture of child support data as a case study of how institutional data collection processes are performative in perpetuating gendered inequalities. We compare interviews with 19 low-income single mothers and their longitudinal survey responses from the same research to reveal how low-income women strategically or inadvertently ‘smoothed’ their experiences when responding to data collection processes. This directly resulted in material and symbolic costs in the form of reduced welfare benefits and limited evidence with which to lobby for policy reform. These processes in turn provided benefits to fathers and the state in the form of reduced child support liabilities and enforcement action, and welfare outlays, respectively. We conclude that current administrative and research data collection practices provide a limited and gendered evidence base for administrative justice and policy reform.
Details
- Title
- Institutional processes and the production of gender inequalities: The case of Australian child support research and administration
- Authors/Creators
- K. Cook (Author/Creator)H. McKenzie (Author/Creator)K Natalier (Author/Creator)L. Young (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Critical Social Policy, Vol.35(4), pp.512-534
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 23
- Identifiers
- 991005544308607891
- Copyright
- The Authors
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Law
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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