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Feminists and state welfare / edited by Jennifer Dale and Peggy Foster.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory Series
- Routledge library editions. Feminist theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminism--Great Britain.
- Feminism.
- Welfare state--Great Britain.
- Welfare state.
- Sex discrimination against women--Great Britain.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Women and socialism--Great Britain.
- Women and socialism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2012.
- Summary:
- Designed for students of social policy and women's studies, this text gives a readable account of the wide range of feminist ideas about women and welfare. The authors draw on feminist theory, research and analysis to explore women's experiences of welfare, and the debates within feminism on how and why the welfare state oppresses women. In an original contribution they discuss women's impact on the development of the welfare state both as feminist campaigners and as pioneers of new welfare professions. The book concludes by reviewing contemporary feminist strategies to transform the welfare state to meet women's needs. Whilst the authors put forward their own evaluation of these different feminist approaches, they aim to leave readers with plenty of scope to make up their own minds on the issues.
- Contents:
- Intro
- FEMINISTS AND STATE WELFARE
- Copyright
- Feminists and State Welfare
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Feminists and the historical development of the Welfare State
- 1 Feminism and the Welfare State: the formative years
- 2 Women pioneers in welfare work
- Part II Contemporary feminism and the critique of wel- fare
- 3 Contemporary feminism
- 4 Education
- 5 Welfare professionals and the control of women
- 6 The material impact of welfare
- Part III Feminist strategies to change welfare
- 7 The economic position of women - alternative perspectives
- 8 Changing the welfare system from within
- 9 Separatist strategies for change
- 10 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: JENNIFER DALE, Jennifer Feminists and State Welfare (RLE Feminist Theory)
- ISBN:
- 9781136201448
- OCLC:
- 821174177
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