Precarity in the Brussels-Capital Region: The Issues at Stake for Public Policy in Response to the Precarization of Single-parent Families in Brussels
Keywords:
Single-parent families, precarization, social injustice, subjective experience, social welfare state, Familias monoparentales, precarización, injusticia social, experiencia subjetiva, estado de bienestar socialAbstract
The process of precarization is analysed in different manners in most literature concerning contemporary stakes of western welfare states. In comparison to other countries, Belgium has known a rather specific and delimited effect of the economic crisis from 2008, but certain groups face rather an ongoing effect of precarization on multiple and intertwined aspects. The aim of the article is to analyse the situation of precarity of single-parent families in the Brussels-Capital Region. The attention to that group is related to its higher risk of precarity and poverty. Furthermore it allows analysing the limits of public policies in the fight against poverty and precarity, that are clearly inadequate.
Various options in terms of public policies and legal measures in the fight against poverty are discussed from three different angles of perspective: socioeconomic positions, social integration and the subjective experience (Dubet 1994). The tension between recognition and redistribution measures is central (Fraser 2011) in the argumentation for a balanced vision of policy measures to address single-parent poverty.
La literatura científica sobre las apuestas contemporáneas de los estados de bienestar occidentales analiza de forma diferente el proceso de precarización. En comparación con otros países, Bélgica ha vivido desde 2008 un efecto de la crisis económica bastante específico y delimitado. Sin embargo, algunos grupos se enfrentan a un proceso de precarización continuo en numerosos aspectos, interrelacionados entre sí. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la situación de precariedad de las familias monoparentales de la región de Bruselas capital. La atención a ese grupo está relacionada con su mayor riesgo de precariedad y pobreza. Además, permite analizar los límites de las políticas públicas en la lucha contra la pobreza y la precariedad, que son claramente insuficientes.
Se analizan desde tres puntos de vista diversas opciones en términos de políticas públicas y medidas legales en la lucha contra la pobreza: las posiciones socioeconómicas, la integración social y la experiencia subjetiva (Dubet 1994). La argumentación de una visión equilibrada de las medidas políticas para hacer frente a la pobreza de las familias con un solo progenitor se basa en la tensión entre el reconocimiento y la redistribución de las medidas (Fraser 2011).
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