Engendering the state : family, work, and welfare in Canada / Nancy Christie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christie, Nancy, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family policy--Canada--History--20th century.

Family policy.

Public welfare--Canada--History--20th century.

Public welfare.

Social security--Canada--History--20th century.

Social security.

Canada.

Genre:

Livres numeriques.

History.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (474 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The author's explanation of gender's role in the conception of modern Canadian welfare policy takes current scholarship into novel territory. Her analyses of the perspectives of maternal feminists, clergymen, organized labour, businessmen, university social scientists, welfare administrators, social workers, and government policy makers are fascinating to read and contribute greatly to our understanding of the current debates in welfare policy making."--Jacket

Contents:

The evangelical morphology of the state and redefinition of the patriarchal family

'While the breadwinners are at war': gender and social policy, 1914-1918

'A peaceful evolution of industrial citizenship': maternalism, national efficiency, and the movement for Mothers' allowances

Mother's allowances and the regulation of the family economy

Dismantling the Maternalist state: labour, social work, and Social Catholicism debate family policy, 1926-1930

'Not only a living wage, but a family wage': the Great Depression and the subversion of the Maternalist state

Reconstructing families: family allowances and the politics of postwar abundance.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sir John A. McDonald Prize (nominated), 2001

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781442674479

1442674474

OCLC:

839305109