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Author(s): | Matos, P. A. de. |
Date: | 2021 |
Title: | The morality of inequality: Charity encounters and the making of “Real Need” in austerity Portugal |
Journal title: | Antropologia |
Volume: | 8 |
Number: | 3 |
Pages: | 45 - 61 |
Reference: | Matos, P. A. de. (2021). The morality of inequality: Charity encounters and the making of “Real Need” in austerity Portugal. Antropologia, 8(3), 45-61. https://doi.org/10.14672/ada2021182747-63 |
ISSN: | 2281-4043 |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.14672/ada2021182747-63 |
Keywords: | Austerity Charity Inequality Needs Portugal |
Abstract: | Austerity welfare reforms, often justified as a way of increasing efficiency, fairness and technical targeting in the provision of “those who are really in need”, intensified the transfer of welfare state provisioning responsibilities to private and not-for-profit organizations, which has been accompanied by the rising prominence of religious-based charity organizations as welfare providers. In this article I focus on the administrative interactions between volunteers and claimants that mediate the allocation and distribution of food charity provisioning in a Catholic parish. The analysis developed in this article suggests that under austerity, basic human needs are refashioned as an anti-politics device instrumental in the erosion of economic citizenship, capabilities and entitlements, ultimately enabling the simultaneous technical and moral legitimation of inequality and its outcomes. |
Peerreviewed: | yes |
Access type: | Open Access |
Appears in Collections: | CRIA-RI - Artigos em revistas científicas internacionais com arbitragem científica |
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