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Women and the Canadian welfare state : challenges and change / edited by Patricia M. Evans and Gerda R. Wekerle.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Government policy--Canada.
- Women.
- Public welfare--Canada.
- Public welfare.
- Canada--Social policy.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Livres numeriques.
- e-books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (342 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "In Women and the Canadian Welfare State, scholars from environmental studies, law, social work, sociology, and economics explore the changing relationship between women and the welfare state. They examine the transformation of the welfare state and its implications for women; key issues in the welfare state debates such as social rights, family and dependency, and gender-neutral programs and inequality; women's work and the state; and the role of women as agents of change." "Women and the Canadian Welfare State explains not only how women are affected by changes in policy and programming, but how they can take an active role in shaping these changes. It bridges an important gap for scholars and students who are interested in gender, public policy, and the welfare state."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Welfare state in transition. The shifting terrain of women's welfare : theory, discourse, and activism / Patricia M. Evans and Gerda R. Wekerle ; From the welfare state to vampire capitalism / Marjorie Griffin Cohen
- pt. 2. Challenging the bases of claims. Creation stories : social rights and Canada's constitution / Hester Lessard ; Divided citizenship? Gender, income security, and the welfare state / Patricia M. Evans ; Family law and social assistance programs : rethinking equality / Mary Jane Mossman and Morag MacLean ; Migration policy, female dependancy, and family membership : Canada and Germany / Monica Boyd ; The shift to the market : gender and housing disadvantage / Gerda R. Wekerle
- pt. 3. Women's work and the state. Double, double, toil and trouble ... Women's experience of work and family in Canada, 1980-1995 / Meg Luxton and Ester Reiter ; Towards a woman-friendly long-term care policy / Sheila M. Neysmith ; The state and pay equity : juggling similarity and difference, meaning, and structures / Pat Armstrong
- pt. 4. Women challenging the welfare state. Challenging diversity : Black women and social welfare / Patricia Daenzer ; Women, unions, and the states : challenges ahead / Norene Pupo ; Institutionalizing feminist politics : learning from the struggles for equal pay in Ontario / Sue Findlay.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-04569-5
- 9786612045691
- 1-4426-8354-6
- OCLC:
- 944177272
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