Full Description
Neoliberalism, the ideology that seeks to reduce state intervention in the economy and society and advocates maximum scope for the free play of market forces, has profoundly changed Canada's political and public policy discourses over the past twenty-five years. Women and Public Policy in Canada is the groundbreaking collection by public policy scholars from across Canada that establishes an understanding of neoliberalism's impact on Canadian women and public policy and also builds a framework for theorizing future policy directions. Students will discover how a wide variety of public policy issues relate to gender in Canada through first-hand exposure to current policy research on topics such as child care, employment insurance programs, health care, climate change, race and inequality, anti-violence, and same-sex marriage. Students will also engage with the possibilities for inconsistencies and interruptions in neoliberalism, making this text an indispensable resource both for those requiring an up-to-date understanding of the topic and for current and future designers of public policy in Canada.
Contents
Acknowledgements ; Notes on Contributors ; 'Introduction' ; 1. 'Writing Gender Out: The Continuing Effects of the Social Investment Perspective' ; 2. 'Child Care and Varieties of Liberalism in Canada' ; 3. 'Women and EI in Canada: The First Decade' ; 4. 'Social Cohesion and the Neoliberal Welfare State: The Health care Example' ; 5. 'Women and Climate Change Policy: Integrating Gender into the Agenda' ; 6. 'Neoliberal and Social Investment Re-constructions of Women and Indigeneity' ; 7. 'The Welfare State under Siege? Neoliberalism, Immigration, and Multiculturalism' ; 8. 'Violence against Women or Violence against "People"? Assessing the Impact of Neoliberalism and "Post-neoliberalism" and Anti-violence Policy in Ontario and British Columbia' ; 9. 'Intimate Relationships and the Canadian State' ; 10. 'Charter Champions? Equality Backsliding, the Charter, and Courts: Inconsistencies, Changes, and Challenges' ; 11. ' "Show Us the Money": Tracking Gender Equality Commitments and the "Constraints" of Canadian Budgeting' ; Index
