Social reproduction: Households, public policies, and alternative organizing

This special issue (SI) contributes to a growing body of work in management and organization studies focusing on the complex relationship between social reproduction and inequalities in paid work and organizations. In this introduction to the SI, we first identify three key areas of inquiry relevant...

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Published in:Gender, work, and organization work, and organization, 2024-07, Vol.31 (4), p.1182-1195
Main Authors: Ruiz‐Castro, Mayra, Grau‐Grau, Marc, Lupu, Ioana, Daskalaki, Maria, McGinn, Kathleen L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
alternative organizing
Alternatives
Cooperatives
Exploitation
Feminism
gender
Households
Inequality
Parents & parenting
productive and reproductive labor
Public policy
Race
Social dynamics
Social inequality
Social reproduction
Social systems
Tasks
Transformation
Work organization
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Summary:This special issue (SI) contributes to a growing body of work in management and organization studies focusing on the complex relationship between social reproduction and inequalities in paid work and organizations. In this introduction to the SI, we first identify three key areas of inquiry relevant to the study of social reproduction: challenging the boundaries of productive and reproductive labor; inequalities and exploitation; and alternative organizing. We then present the seven papers of the SI that draw on research from Australia, South America, Spain, Turkey, the UK, and the US to contribute to the aforementioned areas, foregrounding distinctive social reproduction dynamics manifesting in the household and alternative organizations (cooperatives), and facilitated by state policies. Based on these contributions, we propose an agenda for future research on social reproduction that aims to address the persistence and potential transformation of the existing gender, class, and race orders. We call for future studies exploring changing parenthood roles and how these affect the organization of re/production tasks; for research revealing and investigating underlying inequalities (re)produced by public policy; for analyses of existing and potential forms of feminist alternative organizing, and how these are sometimes hindered by heteropatriarchal structures; and for the study of social reproduction dynamics across cultural, socioeconomic, and political contexts.
ISSN:0968-6673
1468-0432
DOI:10.1111/gwao.13128