Driven apart [electronic resource] : women's employment equality and child care in Canadian public policy / Annis May Timpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Timpson, Annis May.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Affirmative action programs--Government policy--Canada.

Affirmative action programs.

Child care--Government policy--Canada.

Child care.

Women--Canada--Economic conditions.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Annis May Timpson demonstrates how Canadian women's calls for family-friendly employment policies have translated into inaction or inappropriate action on the part of successive federal governments. She focuses on debates, public inquiries, and policy evolution during the Trudeau, Mulroney, and Chr�tien eras, contextualizing these developments with a discussion of the changing patterns of women's employment since the Second World War. Drawing on a wealth of interviews and close analysis of primary documents, Driven Apart explains why federal governments have been able to implement employment equity policies but have failed to develop a national system of child care. Driven Apart was selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE and was awarded The Pierre Savard Prize by the International Council for Canadian Studies.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

The Double-Edged Nature of Women's Employment Inequality

Citizenship, Motherhood, and Employment in the Wartime and Welfare States

The Royal Commission on the Status of Women

A Just Society? The Trudeau Government's Response to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women

Redefining the Issues: Systemic Discrimination and National Child Care Policies in Trudeau's Final Term

The Royal Commission on Equality in Employment

Breaking the Links: The Mulroney Government's Response to the Royal Commission on Equality in Employment

Tiny Timid Steps: Employment Equity and Child Care in Mulroney's Second Term

Creating Opportunity? The Chrétien Government's Approach to Employment Equity and Child Care

Linked Together, Yet Driven Apart

Research Interviews

Turning Points in Canadian Policy Development on Women's Employment Equality and Child Care

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-306) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-11152-7

9786613111524

0-7748-5001-9

OCLC:

70772768