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Reproductive work against productivism from the Decent Work Agenda to the SDGs

In: The Elgar Companion to Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals

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  • Alessandra Mezzadri

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Exploring debates on domestic and care labour inside the household, their role within capitalism, and their progressive marketisation, this chapter analyses the features of ‘reproductive work’ and its relationship with ‘productive work’ . It argues that reproductive work is foundational to all labour given its role in regenerating The Worker. Yet, it is systematically devalued worldwide, in ways that neither the Decent Work Agenda (DWA) nor the SDGs framework have managed to counter. In fact, the analysis shows how both these policy frameworks have reproposed productivist understandings of what constitutes 'work', and reflects on the implications and ways forward. Starting with a review of household economics debates, the analysis builds on both Early Social Reproduction Analyses (ESRA) and Social Reproduction Theory (SRT), to explain, respectively, the value-generating nature of reproductive work and its marketisation under neoliberalism.

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  • Alessandra Mezzadri, 2025. "Reproductive work against productivism from the Decent Work Agenda to the SDGs," Chapters, in: Madelaine Moore & Christoph Scherrer & Marcel van der Linden (ed.), The Elgar Companion to Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals, chapter 13, pages 163-174, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:21934_13
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