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The economics of human development, the new (old) ‘witches’, and the government of social reproduction

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datacite.subject.sdg01:Erradicar a Pobreza
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Liliana
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-12T10:15:14Z
dc.date.available2025-09-12T10:15:14Z
dc.date.issued2025-06-05
dc.description.abstractThis paper argues that the Economics of Human Development, advanced by Chicago School economist James J. Heckman and presented as a strategy for social investment in disadvantaged children, can be interpreted as an instrument for the government of social reproduction. The paper asserts that the Economics of Human Development is mostly concerned with the reproduction of a quality workforce. It further contends that its underlying argument is that disadvantage is the result of inadequate parenting, especially from mothers, who have raised a generation of workers unfit to meet the demands of the market and imposing costs on society. It is also argued that the resulting social policy proposal is intended to conform children’s and mother’s behaviour to the needs of the capitalist accumulation system.eng
dc.identifier.citationFernandes, L. (in press). The economics of human development, the new (old) ‘witches’, and the government of social reproduction. New Political Economy. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2025.2510963
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13563467.2025.2510963
dc.identifier.eid105007295520
dc.identifier.issn1356-3467
dc.identifier.otherbec91088-2fe5-4f39-bc3c-f6c44b4703ce
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/54834
dc.identifier.wos001502984400001
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectGovernmentality
dc.subjectHuman development
dc.subjectNeoliberalism
dc.subjectSocial policy
dc.subjectSocial reproduction
dc.titleThe economics of human development, the new (old) ‘witches’, and the government of social reproductioneng
dc.typeresearch article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.titleNew Political Economy
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aa

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