THE 2011 ANTIPODE AAG LECTURE Whose Responsibility Is It? Obligation, Citizenship and Social Welfare

Staeheli, L.A.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.01026.x

THE 2011 ANTIPODE AAG LECTURE Whose Responsibility Is It? Obligation, Citizenship and Social Welfare

Staeheli, L.A.

Authors

L.A. Staeheli

Abstract

This article explores the ways that responsibility for social welfare and wellbeing is framed by service providers, activists and the state in two moments of welfare restructuring in the United States. Many service providers and activists rework notions of obligation and responsibility to challenge the state to meet its obligations to its citizens. They enact an oppositional politics of obligation and care that is rooted in normative values rooted in family and faith. The article concludes with a consideration of the potential for an oppositional politics of obligation.

Citation

Staeheli, L. (2013). THE 2011 ANTIPODE AAG LECTURE Whose Responsibility Is It? Obligation, Citizenship and Social Welfare. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, 45(3), 521-540. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.01026.x

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jun 1, 2013
Deposit Date	Mar 13, 2013
Publicly Available Date	Dec 5, 2013
Journal	Antipode
Print ISSN	0066-4812
Electronic ISSN	1467-8330
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	45
Issue	3
Pages	521-540
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.01026.x
Keywords	Responsibility, Obligation, Citizenship, Care, Activism

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Staeheli, L. A. (2013), THE 2011 ANTIPODE AAG LECTURE Whose Responsibility Is It? Obligation, Citizenship and Social Welfare. Antipode, 45 (3): 521–540, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.01026.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.