| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 293 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Gender and politics
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Gender and politics.
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| Contents |
Contemporary social-capitalist welfare states and gender inequality / Jet Bussemaker and Kees van Kersbergen -- Employment equality strategies in liberal welfare states / Julia S. O'Connor -- Gender and social-democratic welfare states / Diane Sainsbury -- Public childcare, parental leave, and employment / Marcia K. Meyers, Janet C. Gornick, and Katherin E. Ross -- Lone mothers, economic well-being, and policies / Majella Kildey and Jonathan Bradshaw -- Taxation, family responsibilities, and employment / Diane Sainsbury -- Gender equality in the labour market -- Janet C. Gornick --Gender, policy regimes, and politics / Diane Sainsbury. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This text focuses on the interrelationships between aspects of the welfare state and labour market policies in structuring and transforming gender relations across a range of countries. Policy variation can be attributed to a variety of factors. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Government policy.
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Women -- Government policy. |
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Women. |
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Welfare state.
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Welfare state. |
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Social policy.
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Social policy. |
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Comparative government.
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Comparative government. |
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Sexual division of labor.
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Sexual division of labor. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Sainsbury, Diane.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gender and welfare state regimes. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 0198294174 9780198294177 (DLC) 99013231 (OCoLC)40861990 |
| ISBN |
9780191522208 (electronic book) |
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0191522201 (electronic book) |
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0198294166 |
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9780198294160 |
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0198294174 |
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9780198294177 |
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