Domestic violence and the welfare state
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Article Title | Domestic violence and the welfare state |
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ERA Journal ID | 11613 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Hopkins, Susan (Author) and Ostini, Jenny (Author) |
Journal Title | Overland |
Number of Pages | 1 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISSN | 0030-7416 |
1444-3163 | |
Web Address (URL) | https://overland.org.au/2015/09/domestic-violence-and-the-welfare-state/ |
Abstract | Australia’s domestic violence crisis was spotlighted recently, due to a series of horrific incidents in Queensland that included the deaths of two women on the Gold Coast and a machete attack on a woman at Wacol. Political and popular demands for decisive national leadership addressing the domestic homicide epidemic led to Australia’s then-prime minister Tony Abbott and his frontbencher Christopher Pyne making public statements calling for public courage and new values. More recently, Malcolm Turnbull, in his first major announcement as the new prime minister, has ‘upped the ante’ calling for a ‘cultural shift’ to challenge the misogynistic attitudes which support and legitimate violence against women. This rush to reclaim and reposition national ‘values’ and ‘culture’ is peculiarly context free. Such statements create the strategic impression of action and leadership, but also conveniently skate over deeper cultural and political issues of how vulnerability to violence is compounded by intersections of social class, race and ethnicity. By invoking the often-repeated claim that domestic violence transcends all social class boundaries, neoliberal politicians effectively avoid responsibility for creating a ‘lean and mean’ policy environment that makes some women more vulnerable to abuse. |
Keywords | politics, violence, neoliberalism, domestic violence, incarceration, women, welfare, class, society, culture |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440599. Gender studies not elsewhere classified |
470101. Communication studies | |
479999. Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Open Access College |
University of Southern Queensland | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q317x/domestic-violence-and-the-welfare-state
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