States, Markets, Families - Gender, Liberalism Social Policy in Australia, Canada, Great Britain

Klappentext Three leading figures in the field make this important contribution to debates about social policy and gender relations in an era of economic restructuring and market liberalism. Structured thematically and systematically comparative! the book analyzes three key policy areas: labor markets! income maintenance and reproductive rights. It explores the question of whether liberal states should intervene in workplaces or families to guarantee the rights and welfare of all individuals within them. The experiences of Canada! the UK! United States and Australia are the focus of the book. Zusammenfassung Three leading figures in the field make this important contribution to debates about social policy and gender relations in an era of economic restructuring and market liberalism. A thematic! comparative analysis of labor markets! income maintenance and reproductive rights! it considers Canada! the UK! US and Australia. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Liberalism, gender and social policy; 3. Labour market participation in liberal welfare state regimes: earner-carer labor market participation without earner-carer social policy frameworks; 4. Social rights against gender stratification and gender power?; 5. Body rights, social rights and reproductive choice; 6. Liberalism, gendered policy logics and mobilisation: a story of coherence and contradictions; 7. States, markets, families; List of references.

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• Authors: &apos, Julia S. Orloff connor, O&apos, Julia S. O'Connor, Julia S. (National Economic and Social O''connor, Julia S. Orloff O''connor, O'Connor Julia S., Ann Shola Orloff, Orloff Ann Shola, Sheila Shaver, Shaver Sheila
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.1999
• EAN: 9780521630924
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63092-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Canada, Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, Gender studies, gender groups