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Zusatztext Marnie Holborow’s Homes in Crisis Capitalism is a provocative, urgent book for our times, filled with analysis and insight. Holborow poses important questions about the nature of work, our understanding of ‘home’ and the role of gender oppression within contemporary neoliberal capitalism. Yes capitalism is in crisis, but Holborow points towards a way out, by making a compelling and urgent case for a different conception of care and ‘home’ as part of an alternative vision of society that puts the needs of the most marginalised and vulnerable at its core. This timely book should be essential reading for every person who calls themself a socialist. Informationen zum Autor Marnie Holborow is Associate Faculty of Dublin City University, Ireland. She is a writer and activist, and the author of two books on Marxism and language, the most recent of which is Language and Neoliberalism (2015). Klappentext Homes in Crisis Capitalism explores the core social reproduction role that individual households fulfil in our societies, and the class and racial effects of this on gender inequality and discrimination. Women now make up nearly half of the paid workforce globally, yet prevailing neoliberal social policy continues to rule out adequate state provision of child- and elder-care, choosing instead to rely on marketized services to fill the gap. It is mainly women who carry out this little valued care work, either in a non-paid or paid capacity, and gender inequality is entrenched across society. Official gender parity policies, often expressed in terms of equality of opportunity, have done little to ease the double burden of domestic and care work for the vast majority of women. Competitive labour markets discriminate against those expected to be the primary caregivers of children, the sick and disabled and older people. In addition, the presence across many societies of an acute housing crisis and soaring inflation have put added pressures on home life. A social reproduction crisis has developed, and it is working class women and women of colour who are paying the price. Holborow analyses homes in crisis capitalism through a Marxist lens of capitalist social reproduction. This book charts the interwoven social and political effects and outcomes of work and care provided in the home, and makes the case for a radical break with capitalism to give social reproduction the material resources and social recognition it deserves. Vorwort Explores the core social reproduction role that individual households fulfil in our societies, makes the case for a radical break with capitalism to give social reproduction the material resources and social recognition it deserves Zusammenfassung Homes in Crisis Capitalism explores the core social reproduction role that individual households fulfil in our societies, and the class and racial effects of this on gender inequality and discrimination. Women now make up nearly half of the paid workforce globally, yet prevailing neoliberal social policy continues to rule out adequate state provision of child- and elder-care, choosing instead to rely on marketized services to fill the gap. It is mainly women who carry out this little valued care work, either in a non-paid or paid capacity, and gender inequality is entrenched across society. Official gender parity policies, often expressed in terms of equality of opportunity, have done little to ease the double burden of domestic and care work for the vast majority of women. Competitive labour markets discriminate against those expected to be the primary caregivers of children, the sick and disabled and older people. In addition, the presence across many societies of an acute housing crisis and soaring inflation have put added pressures on home life. A social reproduction crisis has developed, and it is working class women and women of colour who are paying the price. ...
