One Size Fits All? The Social Construction of Dis-Employ-Abled Women

Autor/inn/en	Vandekinderen, Caroline; Roets, Griet; Vandenbroeck, Michel; Vanderplasschen, Wouter; Van Hove, Geert
Titel	One Size Fits All? The Social Construction of Dis-Employ-Abled Women
Quelle	In: Disability & Society, 27 (2012) 5, S.703-716 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-7599
DOI	10.1080/09687599.2012.673275
Schlagwörter	Gender Discrimination; Females; Foreign Countries; Social Influences; Unemployment; Productivity; Employment Potential; Neoliberalism; Labor Market; Evaluation; Mental Health; Semi Structured Interviews; Responsibility; Welfare Recipients; Social Integration; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Sozialer Einfluss; Arbeitslosigkeit; Produktivität; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Evaluierung; Psychohygiene; Verantwortungsübernahme; Zuständigkeit; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Soziale Integration; Belgien
Abstract	This article is based on an evaluation of a labour-market training programme for women with "mental health problems" in a social workplace in Belgium. The research team explored the retrospective insider perspectives on the work aspirations of the women involved in the programme to identify critical dynamics in their high drop-out from the social workplace. The central findings provide evidence of a prevalent one-size-fits-all discourse in these practices wherein complex and interrelated processes of discrimination take place that are based on both disability and gender. The findings demonstrate that the social workplace functions as a male bastion, in which the oversized overalls that women are forced to wear are symbolically relevant. In conclusion, we discuss and challenge the dominance of the neo-liberal norm of economic productivity and employability. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10