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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780537903321

Titolo

Privatization, law, and the challenge to feminism / / edited by Brenda Cossman and Judy Fudge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

1-282-02310-1

1-4426-7877-1

0-8020-8509-1

9786612023101

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (508 p.)

Disciplina

305.42/0971

Soggetti

Women - Government policy - Canada

Women - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada

Sex discrimination against women - Canada

Human services - Contracting out - Canada

Privatization - Social aspects - Canada

Electronic books.

Kanada

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Privatization, law, and the challenge to feminism / Judy Fudge and Brenda Crossman -- Tax law and social reproduction: the gender of fiscal policy in an age of privatization / Lisa Philipps -- From segregation to privatization: equality, the law, and women public servants, 1908-2001 / Judy Fudge -- Privatizing pension risk: gender, law and financial markets / Mary Condon -- Family feuds: neo-liberal and neo-conservative visions of the reprivatization project / Brenda Cossman -- Public entrance -- private member / Audrey Macklin -- Creeping privatization in health care: implications for women as the state redraws its role / Joan M. Gilmour -- Public bodies, private



genetics in a post-Keynesian era / Roxanne Mykitiuk -- Both pitied and scorned: child prostitution in an era of privatization / Dianne L. Martin -- Conclusion: privatization, and policy: feminism and the future / Judy Fudge and Brenda Cossman.

Sommario/riassunto

Examining eight case studies on the role of law in various arenas, this collection of essays addresses the reconfiguration of the relations between the state, the market, and the family caused by privatization.