South Africa: A Legacy of Family Disruption

ABSTRACT This article draws together unusual characteristics of the legacy of apartheid in South Africa: the state‐orchestrated destruction of family life, high rates of unemployment and a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS. The disruption of family life has resulted in a situation in which many women have...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Development and change 2011-07, Vol.42 (4), p.925-946
Hauptverfasser:	Budlender, Debbie, Lund, Francie
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - economics Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - ethnology Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - history AIDS Apartheid Children Families & family life Family - ethnology Family - history Family - psychology Family Life Females Government - history History of medicine History, 20th Century History, 21st Century HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Public Assistance - economics Public Assistance - history Public Assistance - legislation & jurisprudence Social Conditions - economics Social Conditions - history Social Conditions - legislation & jurisprudence Social Control Policies - economics Social Control Policies - history Social Control Policies - legislation & jurisprudence Social economics Social Policy Social Welfare - economics Social Welfare - ethnology Social Welfare - history Social Welfare - legislation & jurisprudence Social Welfare - psychology Socioeconomic Factors - history South Africa South Africa - ethnology Studies Unemployment Unemployment - history Unemployment - psychology Unemployment levels Women
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Zusammenfassung:	ABSTRACT This article draws together unusual characteristics of the legacy of apartheid in South Africa: the state‐orchestrated destruction of family life, high rates of unemployment and a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS. The disruption of family life has resulted in a situation in which many women have to fulfil the role of both breadwinner and care giver in a context of high unemployment and very limited economic opportunities. The question that follows is: given this crisis of care, to what extent can or will social protection and employment‐related social policies provide the support women and children need?
ISSN:	0012-155X 1467-7660
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01715.x