Gender and the Politics of Gradual Change : Social Policy Reform and Innovation in Chile / by Silke Staab.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staab, Silke., Author.

Series:

Gender and Politics, 2662-5822

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

America--Politics and government.

America.

Political planning.

Sex.

American Politics.

Public Policy.

Gender Studies.

Local Subjects:

American Politics.

Public Policy.

Gender Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIX, 254 p. 6 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Summary:

This book explores recent social policy reforms and innovations in Chile. Focusing on four major reform episodes - health, pensions, childcare, and maternity leave - Silke Staab unveils the complex interplay of factors that have shaped the successes and failures of actors pursuing positive gender change in social policy. She shows that even in highly constrained settings positive gender change is possible, but that its scope and quality are bound to vary in response to sector-specific institutional constraints and opportunities.

Contents:

List of tables

List of figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of acronyms

Introduction

Chapter 1: Gender, Politics and Social Policy: A Feminist Institutionalist Perspective

Chapter 2: (En)gendering Change in a Highly Constrained Setting

Chapter 3: Health Reform (2002-2004)

Chapter 4: Pension Reform (2008)

Chapter 5: The Expansion of Childcare Services (2006-2010)

Chapter 6: Maternity Leave Reform (2011)

Chapter 7: Gender and the Politics of Gradual Change. Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319341569

3319341561