Open AccessThe Hegemony Cracked: The Power Guide to Getting Care onto the Development Agenda
Author(s) -
Eyben Rosalind
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
ids working papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2040-0209
pISSN - 1353-6141
DOI - 10.1111/j.2040-0209.2012.00411.x
Subject(s) - hegemony , framing (construction) , mindset , neglect , exploit , power (physics) , sociology , sustainable development , political science , public relations , public administration , law , epistemology , engineering , medicine , nursing , computer science , philosophy , physics , computer security , structural engineering , quantum mechanics , politics
Summary This paper uses power analysis and the notion of hegemony to enquire into the historical neglect of unpaid care in the international development sector. In the light of that analysis the paper looks at how to exploit the hegemonic contradictions that provide openings for getting care onto development policy agendas. Addressing feminist practitioners and scholar‐activists, the paper proposes a strategy of a succession of small wins in naming, framing, claiming and programming care. These can contribute to a change of mindset among citizens, think tanks and policy‐makers about the significance of care.