04586nam 2200757 450 991045652660332120200520144314.097866120286251-4426-7866-61-282-02862-610.3138/9781442678668(CKB)2430000000001300(EBL)3255512(SSID)ssj0000306575(PQKBManifestationID)11274901(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306575(PQKBWorkID)10299003(PQKB)10484428(CaPaEBR)420820(CaBNvSL)slc00211256 (MiAaPQ)EBC3255512(MiAaPQ)EBC4671846(DE-B1597)464766(OCoLC)944177688(DE-B1597)9781442678668(Au-PeEL)EBL4671846(CaPaEBR)ebr11257536(OCoLC)958565089(EXLCZ)99243000000000130020160923h19991999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPoverty, social assistance, and the employability of mothers restructuring welfare states /Maureen Baker and David TippinToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1999.©19991 online resource (327 p.)Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public PolicyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8020-8180-0 0-8020-4357-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Setting the Stage -- 2. Gendering the Analysis of Restructuring -- 3. Government Debt and Policy Choices: Restructuring in Canada -- 4. From Public to Private Dependency? Reforming Policies in Australia -- 5. The ‘Great Experiment’: Restructuring New Zealand’s Social Programs -- 6. The United Kingdom: Restructuring the ‘Nanny State’ -- 7. Welfare-State Restructuring: The Poverty of Employability -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Why do some welfare states provide income support for mothers to care for their school-aged children at home while others expect them to find employment when their youngest child is six months old? This study, a fundamental contribution to social policy and social welfare theory, compares recent efforts to restructure social programs for low-income mothers in four countries: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. While these countries are sometimes classified as liberal welfare states, this book demonstrates that they vary considerably in terms of benefit development, expectations concerning maternal employment, and restructuring processes.The authors examine changes to income security programs, discuss the social, political and economic conditions affecting these programs, and analyse the discourse promoting reform. Using a feminist and political economy perspective, they conclude that recent, often expensive, efforts to make beneficiaries more employable have not always enabled them to escape welfare or poverty.While full-time employment opportunities are becoming scarcer, governments are requiring beneficiaries to enter the workforce, often with little social support or improvement in income. Regardless of the impact of employability initiatives on poverty levels, the study concludes that these policies are important ideological instruments in tempering demands on contemporary welfare systems. The result is a more residual welfare state, in which social provision is increasingly presented as a meagre last resort.Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ;8.MothersGovernment policyCross-cultural studiesPoor womenGovernment policyCross-cultural studiesPublic welfareCross-cultural studiesEmployabilityCross-cultural studiesElectronic books.MothersGovernment policyPoor womenGovernment policyPublic welfareEmployability362.83/9Baker Maureen929882Tippin David John1952-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456526603321Poverty, social assistance, and the employability of mothers2480820UNINA