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Record Nr.

UNISA996202211403316

Autore

Pascall Gillian

Titolo

Social policy : a new feminist analysis / / Gillian Pascall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

92-827-6040-5

1-134-85795-0

1-134-85796-9

0-203-42405-0

1-280-32194-6

Edizione

[[2nd ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Disciplina

361.6/1/0941

Soggetti

Feminism - Great Britain

Women - Great Britain - Social conditions

Welfare state

Great Britain Social policy 1979-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

FrontCover; Social Policy: A New Feminist Analysis; CopyrightPage; Contents; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; 1. Social policy: a feminist critique; 2. Family, work and state; 3.Caring; 4.Education; 5.Housing; 6.Health; 7. Poverty and social security; 8. Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

No-one can hope to understand the workings of the welfare state without first appreciating women's part in it. In the past decade the significance of the gendering of welfare states has become widely accepted, extensively charted in research, and more systematically theorized. Building on her earlier work, in Social Policy: A New Feminist Analysis Gillian Pascall confronts the challenges and outlines the developments that have taken place during the eleven years since its first publication. This new edition also reflects extensive social changes in women's participation at work, educational ac