Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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This thesis explores the manifestations of neoliberalism in governing practices and its impact on care and careworkers in the Dutch care system. Through a literature analysis, we explore the...Show moreThis thesis explores the manifestations of neoliberalism in governing practices and its impact on care and careworkers in the Dutch care system. Through a literature analysis, we explore the arrival of neoliberalism and how it established in Dutch politics. On the basis of a mixed methods approach, with special attention to visual methods. This research studies how neoliberal governing practices as a response to an ageing population, such as the implementation of market-competition and deregulation in order to achieve cost-efficiency, have fragmentized care practices on multiple levels. This fragmentation has led to a decay of the relational space that is essential to care as an inherently intimate practice. Consequently, careworkers have rang the emergency bell, declaring a “care infarct”.Show less
