A Socio-Legal Family Life Course Analysis of the Legal Regulation of Unpaid Care Work in Austria
This thesis examines how unpaid care work within the familial context is legally regulated in Austria and to what extent these legal regulations reinforce the gendered labor of social reproduction. Drawing on Social Reproduction Theory (SRT) as both a theoretical framework and a critical methodology, the thesis analyzes legal texts, policy documents, court decisions, and official statistics. The a
