| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 239 pages) |
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Law and society series |
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Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
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| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: The Intersection of Power and Wound""; ""Part 1 Prelude""; ""1 Theoretical Foundations""; ""2 Childcare Politics in Canada""; ""3 Legal Manoeuvring and the Development of Litigation Strategies""; ""Part 2 “The Play�s the Thing�""; ""4 Strategy and Practice: The Play�s the Thing""; ""Part 3 Sorting Out the Aftermath""; ""5 The Limits of Judicial Power: The Court as Constrained""; ""6 Power, Constraint, and the Rhetoric of Choice""; ""7 Multiple Solitudes: Intersectionality in the Nonexpert Public Response"" |
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8 Class and Gender on the Terrain of Need: Intersectionality in Expert Public Response9 Lessons to Be Learned and a Case to Be Remade -- Appendix A Selected Statutory Provisions -- Appendix B Selections from the Dissent in -- Symes v. Canada -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This fascinating analysis of the controversial Symes case of the 1990s examines how class and gender interests clashed over the tax treatment of childcare, and reveals how frequently the rhetoric of choice, responsibility, and selfishness is invoked in response to women's attempts to place issues of childcare on the public agenda |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada
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Sex discrimination against women -- Canada
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Child care -- Government policy -- Canada
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Feminist jurisprudence -- Canada
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Child care -- Government policy
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Feminist jurisprudence
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Sex discrimination against women
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Canada
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780774850346 |
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0774850345 |
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1283330520 |
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9781283330527 |
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0774809566 |
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9780774809566 |
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9786613330529 |
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6613330523 |
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