Autonome Ältere, Pflegefälle und kontrollbedürftige Selbstständige: Subjektkonstruktionen in der 24-Stunden-Betreuung in Österreich

Translated title of the contribution: Autonomous Elderly People, Nursing Cases and Self-Employed Workers in Need of Supervision: Subject Constructions in the Context of 24-Hour Care in Austria

Veronika Prieler

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Abstract

The article examines the dispositif of 24-hour care in the context of socio-political activation. Based on a discourse analysis of websites of Austrian placement agencies, I show how care receivers and care workers are constructed as autonomous clients, passive nursing cases and self-employed workers in need of supervision and support. I demonstrate how the ambi- valent subject constructions are related to competing dispositifs and how this reproduces social power relations.
Translated title of the contributionAutonomous Elderly People, Nursing Cases and Self-Employed Workers in Need of Supervision: Subject Constructions in the Context of 24-Hour Care in Austria
Original languageGerman (Austria)
Pages (from-to)259-280
Number of pages22
JournalSwiss Journal of Sociology
Volume46
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Fields of science

  • 504 Sociology

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