Gender, the state, and social reproduction : household insecurity in neo-liberal times / Kate Bezanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bezanson, Kate, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--Ontario.

Structural adjustment (Economic policy).

Women--Ontario--Economic conditions--20th century.

Women.

Poor--Ontario--Economic conditions--20th century.

Poor.

Neoliberalism--Ontario--Neoliberalism--20th century.

Neoliberalism.

Ontario--Social policy.

Ontario.

Ontario--Politics and government.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Many of the neo-liberal policies implemented in the mid to late 1990s in Ontario by Mike Harris's Progressive Conservative government have had major repercussions for the population of that province. In Gender, the State, and Social Reproduction, Kate Bezanson considers the implications of those policies for gender relations - that is, how women and men, families, and households have coped with these changes, and how the division of labour and standard of living within these households were affected. Bezanson also considers the implications of neo-liberalism more generally on the lives of people living under such regimes."--Jacket

Contents:

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Preface

1 The Neo-liberal Experiment in Ontario, 1995�2000

Conceptual Issues

Methodological Issues

Outline of the Book

2 Struggles over Social Reproduction in a Neo-liberal Era

The Dynamics of Social Reproduction

Mediating Social Reproduction

Towards a New Gender Order?

3 Legislative and Regulatory Changes in Ontario, 1995�2000

Neo-liberal Reorientations

Implementing the Neo-liberal Project in Ontario, 1995�2000

Escalating Tensions in Social Reproduction

4 Putting Together a Living in Ontario in the Late 1990sOverview of Household Incomes, 1997�2000

Income from Labour Market Participation

Income from Government

Income from Other Sources

Putting It All Together

5 Interactive Effects of Social Policy Change on Households

Health Care

Education and Child Care

Social Assistance

Housing and Transportation

Multiple and Compounding Effects of Policy Change

6 Coping Strategies of Low-Income Households

Household Division of Labour and Resource Control

Coping Strategies

Putting Together a Living: A Profile in CopingCoping Consequences

7 Rethinking Welfare State Retrenchment

Appendix A: 1998 Low Income Cut-Offs (LICOs)

Appendix B: Selection and Recruitment of Participants

Appendix C: Detailed Household Structure

Appendix D: Benchmark Questions

Appendix E: Speaking Out Research Process

Appendix F: List of Speaking Out Publications

Appendix G: Profiles of Participant Households Who Received Social Assistance in the 1990s

Notes

References

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-281-99185-6

9786611991852

1-4426-7520-9

OCLC:

655081955