03909nam 2200805 450 991045616930332120200520144314.01-282-02320-91-4426-8326-00-8020-8517-210.3138/9781442683266(CKB)2430000000001089(OCoLC)666911756(CaPaEBR)ebrary10218788(SSID)ssj0000378670(PQKBManifestationID)11272899(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000378670(PQKBWorkID)10356717(PQKB)10645706(CaBNvSL)thg00600367 (MiAaPQ)EBC3254883(MiAaPQ)EBC4672243(DE-B1597)465105(OCoLC)1013967027(OCoLC)944177259(DE-B1597)9781442683266(Au-PeEL)EBL4672243(CaPaEBR)ebr11257917(EXLCZ)99243000000000108920160923h20022002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWelfare hot buttons women, work, and social policy reform /Sylvia BashevkinToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press :University of Pittsburgh Press,2002.©20021 online resource (197 p.) HeritageIncludes index.0-8020-3716-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO. Conservative Legacies -- CHAPTER THREE. Promises, Promises -- CHAPTER FOUR. 'Post-Conservative' Developments -- CHAPTER FIVE. Charting the Consequences -- CHAPTER SIX. The Rise of the Duty State -- Appendix: Interview Schedules -- Notes -- IndexWelfare Hot Buttons provides one of the first comparative assessments of contemporary social policy change in three Western countries: Canada, the United States, and Great Britain. Sylvia Bashevkin probes the fate of single mothers on social assistance during the period when three "third way" political executives were in office ? Bill Clinton (US), Jean Chrétien (Canada), and Tony Blair (Great Britain) ? and argues that despite seemingly progressive campaign rhetoric, the social assistance policy realities under each of these three leaders were in crucial respects more punitive and restrictive than those of their neo-conservative predecessors in the 1980s.Bashevkin addresses even more contentious issues in her study, including the question of whether Anglo-American welfare states are being eclipsed by what she views as newly emergent duty states. In her comparative approach and in her substantive analysis, Bashevkin makes an original and critical contribution to the existing body of literature on social policy.Public welfareUnited StatesPublic welfareCanadaPublic welfareGreat BritainSingle mothersGovernment policyUnited StatesSingle mothersGovernment policyGreat BritainSingle mothersGovernment policyCanadaUnited StatesSocial policyCanadaSocial policyGreat BritainSocial policyElectronic books.Public welfarePublic welfarePublic welfareSingle mothersGovernment policySingle mothersGovernment policySingle mothersGovernment policy361.6/1/097Bashevkin Sylvia B.900798MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456169303321Welfare hot buttons2492140UNINA