Michelle Brady

“We Ask for More Than We Give Back”: Negotiating the Boundaries of Informal Childcare Arrangements

B Cosson, K Cook, M Brady

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Family Issues

There is an assumption that childcare services and workplace flexibility policies enable a seamless shift between childcare and wo..

Negotiating 'ideal worker' and intensive mothering ideologies: Australian mothers' emotional geographies during their commutes

Laura Rodriguez Castro, Michelle Brady, Kay Cook

Journal article  |  2020  |  Social & Cultural Geography

Autonomy, Fairness and Active Relationships: Children's Experiences of Well-being in Childcare

Emma Cooke, Michelle Brady, Cheryll Alipio, Kay Cook

Journal article  |  2019  |  Children & Society

Making and unmaking families

B Hewitt, M Brady

Book Chapter  |  2018

The Handbook on Gender and Social Policy provides a comprehensive introduction to this field with up-to-date accounts of debates a..

Targeting single mothers? Dynamics of contracting Australian employment services and activation policies at the street level

M Brady

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Social Policy

AbstractActivation reforms targeted at single parents simultaneously construct them as a legitimate target for activation policy a..

'You can Spend Time...But not Necessarily be Bonding with Them': Australian Fathers' Constructions and Enactments of Infant Bonding

M Brady, E Stevens, L Coles, M Zadoroznyj, B Martin

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Social Policy

AbstractGovernments are increasingly implementing policies that encourage early father-infant bonding. However, to date, research ..

Gluing, catching and connecting: how informal childcare strengthens single mothers’ employment trajectories

M Brady

Journal article  |  2016  |  Work, Employment and Society

The resilience of long and short food chains: a case study of flooding in Queensland, Australia

K Smith, G Lawrence, A MacMahon, J Muller, M Brady

Journal article  |  2016  |  Agriculture and Human Values

Hours of Paid Work Among Single and Partnered Mothers in Australia: The Role of Child Care Packages

M Brady, F Perales

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Family Issues

Governing practices: Neoliberalism, governmentality, and the ethnographic imaginary

M Brady, RK Lippert

Book  |  2016