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The Janus face of austerity politics: autonomy and dependence in contemporary Spain
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How is social reproduction possible in a context of precarious employment and austerity policies that have defunded welfare? The paradox of autonomy and dependence is present in intergenerational relations of support and conflict at various scales. It emerges, on the one hand, in the neoliberal injunction to be individually responsible for one's own present and future wellbeing, an aspiration that is impossible to fulfill. On the other hand, it is expressed in the increasing recourse by younger active cohorts to the care work and assets of their older kin ¿in particular retirement pensions and a home. Finally, policy calls to transform the pension system oppose younger and older generations in the accountings of social security financial sustainability and question the fairness of existing public pension schemes.
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NAROTZKY, Susana. The Janus face of austerity politics: autonomy and dependence in contemporary Spain. Focaal-Journal Of Global And Historical Anthropology. 2021. Vol. 90, num. 22-35. ISSN 0920-1297. [consulted: 7 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/224933