Gender, equality, and welfare states / Diane Sainsbury.
"What differences do welfare state variations make for women? How do women and men fare in different welfare states? Diane Sainsbury answers these questions by analysing the situation in countries whose welfare state policies differ in significant ways: the United States, the United Kingdom, Sw...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
1996.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core |
| Summary: | "What differences do welfare state variations make for women? How do women and men fare in different welfare states? Diane Sainsbury answers these questions by analysing the situation in countries whose welfare state policies differ in significant ways: the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Building on feminist criticisms of mainstream research, Professor Sainsbury reconceptualises the crucial dimensions of variation, notably those relevant to gender. She determines the extent to which legislation reflects and perpetuates the gendered division of labour in the family and society, as well as what types of policy alter gender relations in social provision. She thereby increases our understanding of how policy mechanisms, especially the bases of entitlement, exclude or incorporate women and offers constructive proposals for securing greater equality between women and men."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521565790 9780521565790 0511520921 9780511520921 0511822103 9780511822100 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511520921 |