TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - State Austerity and the Racial Politics of Same-Sex Marriage in the US
JO  - Sexualities
A1  - Kandaswamy, Priya
SP  - 706
EP  - 725
VL  - 11
IS  - 6
N2  - This article situates contemporary debates about same-sex marriage in relation to the politics of state austerity, particularly 'welfare reform', in the US. While these two issues are rarely thought about together, looking at claims for marriage rights in the context of cutbacks in social welfare programs and the increasing promotion of 'marriage incentives' as a means of getting low-income single mothers off welfare reveals conservative undertones to same-sex marriage campaigns. This article examines the specific benefits that gay and lesbian activists seek to access through marriage, arguing that these benefits are better understood as privileges of a racially stratified welfare state.<p /> 
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SN  - 1363-4607
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460708096914
ID  - ref1
ER  -