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Social Policy and Narrative: The Global and State Contradictions of Care
Powell, Jason
Powell, Jason
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2018-10-01
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This article provides a critical assessment of the assumptions and narratives underpinning the development of
social policy initiatives targeting caring relationships based upon family ties. At the time of writing in late 2018,
the impact of globalization has had a profound impact but we cannot underemphasise state power in examining
care policy, theory and practice. Hence, deploying a narrative approach attention is drawn to the ways in which
family identities are open to a far greater range of negotiation than is assumed by policy. Drawing on the
United Kingdom as a case example, questions are posed about intergenerational relations and the nature of late
life citizenship. The comparatively recent invention of narratives supporting ‘informal care’ and the link with
neo-liberal and ‘third way’ notions of active citizenship are explored. As is the failure of policy developments
to take into account the diversity of care giving styles and the complexity of caring relationships. It is argued
that the uneven and locally specific ways in which policy develops enables the co-existence of a complex range
of narratives about family, caring and ageing which address diverse aspects of the family life of older people in
often contradictory ways.
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Powell, JL (2018). 'Social Policy and Narrative: The Global and State Contradictions of Care'. Open Access Journal of Internal Medicine, 1(2), 21-29.
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Sryahwa
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Open Access Journal of Internal Medicine
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2638-5279