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Informationen zum Autor Dr Diane Sainsbury, Department of Political Science, Univeristy of Stockhom Contributors Sainsbury: Gendering Welfare States Toni Makkai Australian National University Canberra Sue Donath University of Melbourne Michael Bittman University of New Sou th Wales Lois Bryson University of Newcastle Australia Alan Siaroff University of British Columbia Anette Borchorst University of Aarhus Traute Meyer WZB Berlin Kristen Scheiwe Centre of European Social Research Mannheim Mary Daly Istituto Universitario Europeo Fiesole Jet Bussemaker Free University Amsterdam Kees van Kersbergen Free University Amsterdam Siv Gustafsson University of Amsterdam Barbara Hobson University of Stockholm Klappentext 'As the title suggests, the objective of this fine collection of high quality essays is to incorporate gender into comparative welfare state analysis.... the essays enrich current knowledge of variations among welfare states and offer new or enlarged concepts which challenge widely held tenets. Above all, the book forces us to carefully consider contexts and to avoid quick conclusions' - Journal of European Social Policy Zusammenfassung This volume synthesizes the insights of feminist and mainstream research in examining the impact of gender on welfare state analysis and outcomes. It highlights the effect of welfare state policies on women and men. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Diane Sainsbury Gender and Welfare States - Jet Bussemaker and Kees van Kersbergen Some Theoretical Reflections Welfare State Regimes, Women¿s Interests and the EC - Anette Borchorst Childcare and Types of Welfare States - Siv Gustafsson The German and British Welfare States as Employers - Traute Meyer Patriarchal or Emancipatory? Work, Welfare and Gender Equality - Alan Siaroff A New Typology Comparing Welfare States - Mary Daly Towards a Gender Friendly Approach Men¿s Welfare State, Women¿s Welfare State - Lois Bryson, Michael Bittman and Sue Donath Tendencies to Convergence in Practice and Theory? German Pension Insurance, Gendered Times and Stratification - Kirsten Scheiwe Women¿s and Men¿s Social Rights - Diane Sainsbury Gendering Dimensions of Welfare States Solo Mothers, Social Policy Regimes and the Logics of Gender - Barbara Hobson Social Policy and Gender in Eastern Europe - Toni Makkai ...
