States, Markets, Families: Gender, Liberalism and Social Policy in Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States
by Julia S. O'Connor
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The 1990s have seen dramatic restructuring of state social provision in the US, the UK, Canada and Australia. This has occurred largely because of the rise of market liberalism, which challenges the role of the state. This important book examines the impact of changes in social policy regimes on gender roles and relations. Structured thematically and systematically comparative, it analyses three key policy areas: labor markets, income maintenance and reproductive rights. Largely driven by show more issues of equality, it considers the role of the state as a site for gender and sexual politics at a time when primacy is given to the market, developing an argument about social citizenship in the process. Eminent scholars in the field, Julia O'Connor, Ann Orloff and Sheila Shaver make a landmark contribution to debates about social policy and gender relations in this era of economic restructuring and deregulation. show lessTags
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- 361.61 — Social sciences Social problems and social services Social problems and services Welfare State, Government Involvement Social Policy
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- HN17.5 .O258 — Social sciences Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Social history and conditions. Social problems.
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