Abstract

SCHIJMAN, Emilia  and  LAE, Jean François. Women's daily rounds among public offices. Trab. soc. [online]. 2011, n.16, pp.67-83. ISSN 1514-6871.

Based on a fieldwork research in a social housing neighborhood of Paris periphery, the article explores the women's daily circuits around state offices.  The analysis shows the work in the counter as an everyday, individual and collective mobilization, constantly and incessantly linking the domestic sphere and the public sphere, the bureaucratic practices with micro policy and micro politics.  The activities of becoming familiar with the legal and administrative categories, manipulating different regimes of request, gathering witnesses together and accumulating written evidence, are part of an invisible though essential work aimed at claiming rights and stimulating the economy of the family.

Keywords : Poverty; Social rights; Public housing; Paris nsuburbs.

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