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Social policy : a new feminist analysis / Gillian Pascall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pascall, Gillian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminism--Great Britain.
- Feminism.
- Women--Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Welfare state.
- Great Britain--Social policy--1979-.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 p.)
- Edition:
- [2nd ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No-one can hope to understand the workings of the welfare state without first appreciating women's part in it. In the past decade the significance of the gendering of welfare states has become widely accepted, extensively charted in research, and more systematically theorized. Building on her earlier work, in Social Policy: A New Feminist Analysis Gillian Pascall confronts the challenges and outlines the developments that have taken place during the eleven years since its first publication. This new edition also reflects extensive social changes in women's participation at work, educational ac
- Contents:
- FrontCover; Social Policy: A New Feminist Analysis; CopyrightPage; Contents; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; 1. Social policy: a feminist critique; 2. Family, work and state; 3.Caring; 4.Education; 5.Housing; 6.Health; 7. Poverty and social security; 8. Conclusion; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 92-827-6040-5
- 1-134-85795-0
- 1-134-85796-9
- 0-203-42405-0
- 1-280-32194-6
- 9780203424056
- OCLC:
- 475886463
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