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The Politics of “Parental Co-Habitation”: Austerity, Household, and the Social Evils of Dependency
- Author(s):
- John Welsh (see profile)
- Date:
- 2017
- Group(s):
- Political Philosophy & Theory, Republicanism
- Subject(s):
- Sociology, Urban, Political science, Economics, Intellectual life, Concepts, History, Neoliberalism, Families
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Housing, welfare, Neo-Roman, Urban sociology, Political theory, Political economy, Intellectual and conceptual history, Policy sociology, Family
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/n91q-tb69
- Abstract:
- The household as a social formation is being assigned a renewed function in the provision of social welfare via neoliberal austerity politics. Government inaction regarding housing provision is forcing millions of young adults into “parental co-habitation”. In contrast to the dominant ideological view of the family as a school of liberty through the provision of welfare, this article argues that the dependence of millions of young adults on the parental household is degenerative both for the individual “recipient” and for the future democratic character of the polity. Mobilizing a Neo-Roman analysis of Liberty, I argue that housing policy is promoting the long-term creation of “slaves” as part of a wider strategy of oligarchic domination. The article seeks to articulate an explicitly political theoretical critique of “parental co-habitation” and advocates for directed government action in the area of housing provision to secure the autonomy and independence of a generation otherwise reduced to “slavishness”.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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