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Handbook on gender and social policy
After two decades of feminist challenges to mainstream theorising, gender has become a central element of social policy and the welfare state. While early literature on contemporary social policy was generally silent about gender, new literature has widened the focus of mainstream work on the state...
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | Handbook on gender and social policy / edited by Sheila Shaver |
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Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA :
Edward Elgar Publishing
, C 2018 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (XV-461p.) |
| Collection : | International handbooks on gender |
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| Résumé : | After two decades of feminist challenges to mainstream theorising, gender has become a central element of social policy and the welfare state. While early literature on contemporary social policy was generally silent about gender, new literature has widened the focus of mainstream work on the state and economy to a three sided discourse encompassing the state, the market, and the family. The Handbook on Gender and Social Policy provides a comprehensive introduction to the field with up to date accounts of debates and innovative original research by leading international authors. Covering the key areas of social policy that relate to the inequalities between men and women in the developed and developing world, this Handbook introduces the reader to current theoretical and policy debates on the subject. It offers original research on contemporary issues at national and transnational levels across the central policy terrain of income, employment, care and family policy, including family policy models, same-sex marriage and child protection. It features six original studies of gender and policy developments in different regions of the world. The Handbook on Gender and Social Policy is an excellent resource for advanced students and postgraduate students of sociology, political science, women's studies, policy studies and related areas. It will also be of interest for practitioners and scholars of social policy seeking up to date coverage of how gender affects the contours of social policy and politics |
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| Notes : | Contents note continued: 24. Women and care in China / Karen R. Fisher |
| Bibliographie : | Bibliogr. en fin de chap. Index. |
| ISBN : | 1-78536-712-9 978-1-78536-712-0 9781785367168 |