Caring for the Celtic cubs: Discursive constructions of mothers and mothering in the Irish childcare debate

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dc.contributor.authorLeane, Máire
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-30T09:15:47Z
dc.date.available2016-08-30T09:15:47Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.updated2015-01-05T13:56:50Z
dc.description.abstractDrawing on an understanding of the public sphere as a multiplicity of communicative and discursive spaces this paper examines the constructions of mothers, mothering and motherhood which emerged in recent debates about childcare in Ireland. Preliminary analysis of these discursive constructions suggest that they are often based on rhetoric, informed by stereotypical assumptions and rooted in frames of reference which mitigate against the emergence of alternative ways of understanding the issues of mothering and childcare. It will be argued that the reductionist and divisive nature of the childcare debate which ensued prior to the 2005 budget, stymied childcare policy development at a time when its unprecedented prominence on the political agenda and the strength of public finances could have underpinned a shift in policy approach. The paper concludes with an exploration of the ways in which feminist scholarship can challenge the Irish model of childcare policy, which continues to be premised on an understanding of childcare and the reconciliation of work and family life as the privatised responsibility of individual women.en
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dc.identifier.citationMáire Leane (2008) 'Caring for the Celtic Cubs: Discursive Constructions of Mothers and Mothering in the Irish Childcare Debate'. Arm: Journal of The Association For Research On Mothering, 10 (1):243-255.en
dc.identifier.endpage255en
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleArm: Journal of The Association For Research On Motheringen
dc.identifier.startpage243en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3036
dc.identifier.volume10en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAssociation for Research on Motheringen
dc.relation.urihttps://jarm.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/jarm/article/view/16352/15211
dc.subjectConstruction of mothersen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectChildcare policyen
dc.titleCaring for the Celtic cubs: Discursive constructions of mothers and mothering in the Irish childcare debateen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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