03084oam 2200613 450 991082232710332120240131154020.01-136-20143-297802030877480-203-08774-71-283-84492-31-136-20144-010.4324/9780203087749 (OCoLC)898362637(MiFhGG)GVRL8PPI(EXLCZ)99267000000029884720141208d2013 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrFeminists and state welfare /Jennifer Dale and Peggy FosterLondon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (xi, 195 pages)Routledge library editions. Feminist theoryFirst published in 1986 by Routledge & Kegan Paul.0-415-75415-1 0-415-63570-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189) and index.FEMINISTS AND STATE WELFARE; Copyright; Feminists and State Welfare; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Feminists and the historical development of the Welfare State; 1 Feminism and the Welfare State: the formative years; 2 Women pioneers in welfare work; Part II Contemporary feminism and the critique of wel- fare; 3 Contemporary feminism; 4 Education; 5 Welfare professionals and the control of women; 6 The material impact of welfare; Part III Feminist strategies to change welfare; 7 The economic position of women - alternative perspectives8 Changing the welfare system from within9 Separatist strategies for change; 10 Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexDesigned for students of social policy and women's studies, this text gives a readable account of the wide range of feminist ideas about women and welfare. The authors draw on feminist theory, research and analysis to explore women's experiences of welfare, and the debates within feminism on how and why the welfare state oppresses women. In an original contribution they discuss women's impact on the development of the welfare state both as feminist campaigners and as pioneers of new welfare professions. The book concludes by reviewing contemporary feminist strategies to transform the welfarRoutledge library editions.Feminist theory ;v. 14.Feminist theorySex discrimination against womenGreat BritainWelfare stateGreat BritainWomen and socialismGreat BritainFeminismGreat BritainFeminist theory.Sex discrimination against womenWelfare stateWomen and socialismFeminism305.4201305.420942Dale Jennifer.675967Foster PeggyMiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910822327103321Feminists and state welfare4065984UNINA