Family, Welfare, and the State
“Dalla Costa shows that with the New Deal, the state began to plan the ‘social factory’—that is, the home, the family, the school, and above all women’s labor, on which the productivity and pacification of industrial relations was made to rest.”—Silvia Federici
In a groundbreaking study, Family, Welfare, and the State offers a comprehensive reading of the welfare system through the dynamics of wome...
“Dalla Costa shows that with the New Deal, the state began to plan the ‘social factory’—that is, the home, the family, the school, and above all women’s labor, on which the productivity and pacification of industrial relations was made to rest.”—Silvia Federici
In a groundbreaking study, Family, Welfare, and the State offers a comprehensive reading of the welfare system through the dynamics of wome...
