Diane Sainsbury

Gender, Equality and Welfare States

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Feminist critique of US, UK, Swedish, and Dutch welfare systems, with proposals for achieving greater gender equality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9780521565790
• ISBN-10: 0521565790
• Artikelnr.: 21265264

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Dimensions of Variation: 1. Mainstream welfare state variations
2. Gendering dimensions of welfare states
Part II. Bases of Entitlement: 3. The male breadwinner model and women's entitlements as wives
4. Women's entitlements as mothers and caregivers
5. Women's employment and entitlements as workers
Part III. Stratification and Redistributive Outcomes: 6. Access to benefits and the stratifying effects of bases of entitlement
7. Benefit inequalities and the redistributive outcomes
Part IV. Welfare State Restructuring: 8. Gender equality reforms and their impact
9. Welfare state retrenchment.