基本説明
Focuses on the interrelationships between aspects of the welfare state and labour marker policies in structuring and transforming gender relations across a broad spectrum of countries.
Full Description
Focusing on the interrelationships between aspects of the welfare state and labour market policies, this book examines the construction of gender in various government welfare policies and illustrates how the specific qualities of the welfare state reinforce or counteract gender inequalities. It argues that policy variation across the countries surveyed can be attributed to a variety of factors, including differing strategies and demands of the women's movements, the organisational strength of labour movements and industrial relations frameworks, the constellation of parties supporting equality measure, traditional values and state structures. This book is intended for scholars and students of political science, public policy, sociology, gender studies and social policy.
Contents
Part I. Gender Inequality and Welfare State Regimes ; 1: Jet Bussemaker and Kees van Kersbergen: Contemporary Social Capitalist Welfare States and Gender Inequality; 2: Julia S. OConnor: Employment Equality Strategies in Liberal Welfare States; 3: Diane Sainsbury: Gender and Social Democratic Welfare States; Part II. The Gendered Impact of Policies Across Welfare States ; 4: Marcia K. Meyers, Janet C. Gornick, and Katherine Ross: Public Childcare, Parental Leave, and Employment; 5: Majella Kilkey and Jonathan Bradshaw: Lone Mothers, Economic Well-being and Policies; 6: Diane Sainsbury: Taxation, Family Responsibilities, and Employment; 7: Gender Equality in the Labour Market; Part III. Gender Regimes and Welfare State Regimes ; 8: Diane Sainsbury: Gender, Policy Regimes and Politics.
