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Abstract
In this paper, we examine the role of migrant women in civil society in Wales in a triply-hostile environment created by UK government policy since 2010. Drawing on interviews carried out with EU migrants between 2016 and 2017, we outline the active support and care work provided by these women to migrants and others and the way in which they navigated austere and hostile conditions (contrasting the popular construction of migrants passively requiring support and care). Contributing to the literature on resourcefulness, we introduce the notion of tenacity to highlight the exhausting care-full labour of these migrants, who continue despite challenging circumstances and impact on their own wellbeing. We conclude that the care work provided by these women plays an important civil society role in tackling ongoing austerity and hostility but that precarious conditions bring a lack of sustainability which can heighten the socio-spatial inequalities seen across the UK.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 103822 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Geoforum |
Volume | 144 |
Early online date | 07 Jul 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 01 Aug 2023 |
Keywords
- Austerity
- Care
- Civil society
- Migrant women
- Resourcefulness
- The hostile environment
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Migrants, minorities and engagement in local civil society 2016-2017
Drinkwater, S., Guma, T. & Jones, R. D., UK Data Service, 22 Jan 2020
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Projects
- 4 Finished
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WISERD Civil Society: Changing perspectives on Civic Stratification and Civil Repair - interpol
Royles, E. (PI)
Economic and Social Research Council
01 Oct 2019 → 30 Sept 2024
Project: Externally funded research
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WISERD Civil Society: Changing perspectives on Civic Stratification and Civil Repair - DGES
Woods, M. (PI)
Economic and Social Research Council
01 Oct 2019 → 30 Sept 2024
Project: Externally funded research
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WISERD Civil Society: Interpol (led by project 11438)
Jones, I. R. (PI), Murphy, P. D. (PI), O'Hanlon, F. (PI), Royles, E. (PI), Anderson, J. (CoI), Blackaby, D. (CoI), Bryson, A. (CoI), Chaney, P. (CoI), Cole, A. M. (CoI), Davies, R. (CoI), Davis, H. (CoI), Drinkwater, S. (CoI), Feilzer, M. (CoI), Green, A. (CoI), Heley, J. (CoI), Higgs, G. (CoI), Hyde, M. (CoI), Johns, N. (CoI), Jones, R. (CoI), Jones, R. D. (CoI), Jones, M. (CoI), Jones, M. (CoI), Langford, M. (CoI), Mann, R. (CoI), McVie, S. (CoI), Milbourne, P. (CoI), Moles, K. (CoI), Orford, S. (CoI), Paterson, L. (CoI), Power, S. A. (CoI), Ress, G. (CoI), Roberts, G. (CoI), Robinson, C. (CoI), Taylor, C. M. (CoI), Thompson, A. (CoI), Wincott, D. (CoI), Woods, M. (CoI), Jones, L. (Researcher), Stafford , I. (Researcher) & Staneva, A. (Researcher)
Economic and Social Research Council
01 Oct 2014 → 30 Sept 2019
Project: Externally funded research
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WISERD/ CivilSociety: Devolution, Social and Economic Change and the Local and Regional Landscapes of Civil Sociey - WISERD 2
Woods, M. (PI)
Economic and Social Research Council
01 Oct 2014 → 30 Sept 2019
Project: Externally funded research