States, markets, families : gender, liberalism and social policy in Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States / Julia S. O'Connor, Ann Shola Orloff and Sheila Shaver
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999
1. Gendering Theories and Comparisons of Welfare States -- 2. Liberalism, Gender and Social Policy -- 3. The Labour Market and Social Policy -- 4. Social Rights Versus Gender Stratification and Gender Power? -- 5. Body Rights, Social Rights and Reproductive Choice -- 6. Liberalism, Gendered Policy Logics and Mobilisation -- 7. States, Markets, Families
Summary
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: labour markets, income maintenance, and reproductive rights. Largely driven by 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