LEADER 04222nam 2200649 450 001 9910452658903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7425-4016-2 010 $a0-7425-8140-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001110727 035 $a(EBL)1350162 035 $a(OCoLC)856869281 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000956463 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12449893 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000956463 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10965044 035 $a(PQKB)10765165 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1350162 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1350162 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10927654 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL510652 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001110727 100 $a20070104h20072007 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGendering the state in the age of globalization $ewomen's movements and state feminism in postindustrial democracies /$fedited by Melissa Haussman and Birgit Sauer 210 1$aLanham :$cRowman & Littlefield Publishers,$d[2007] 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (403 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7425-4017-0 311 $a1-299-79401-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 331-362) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : Women's movements and state restructuring in the 1990s / Melissa Haussman and Birgit Sauer -- Re-evaluating the "heart of society" : family policy in Austria / Birgit Sauer -- Feminism and indigenous rights in Australia in the 1990s / Barbara Sullivan -- Speedy Belgians : the new Nationality Law of 2000 and the impact of the women's movement / Alison E. Woodward -- New federalism and cracked pillars : the Canadian health insurance system under the 2000 Romanow Commission and beyond / Melissa Haussman -- Debating day care in Finland in the midst of an economic recession and welfare state down-sizing / Terhi Aalto and Anne Maria Holli -- Thirty-five hour workweek reforms in France, 1997-2000 : strong feminist demands, elite apathy, and disappointing outcomes / Amy G. Mazur -- Women, embryos, and the good society : gendering the bioethics debate in Germany / Kathrin Braun -- The reform of the state in Italy / Marila Guadagnini -- Electoral reform in mid-1990s Japan / Misako Iwamoto -- The "home care gap" : neoliberalism, feminism, and the state in the Netherlands / Jantine Oldersma and Joyce Outshoorn -- The women's movement, state feminism, and unemployment reform in Spain, 2002-2003 / Celia Valiente -- The debate about care allowance in the light of welfare state reconfiguration / Christina Bergqvist -- The UK : reforming the House of Lords / Joni Lovenduski -- Welfare reform : America's hot issue / Dorothy E. McBride -- Conclusions : State feminism and state restructuring since the 1990s / Birgit Sauer, Melissa Haussman, and Dorothy E. McBride. 330 $aGendering the State is a ground-breaking collection of studies that examines the efforts of women in countries all over the world to frame public policy debates on nationally critical issues in gendered terms. The overall study is grouped into three distinct patterns of state change: state downsizing_particularly in social policy areas (Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, the United States, and Spain); expansion of state activities into previously less-regulated areas (Austria, France, Germany, and Sweden); and transformation_often constitutionally based_of representative structures (Australia, 606 $aFeminist theory$xPolitical aspects 606 $aFeminism$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aSocial policy$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aSex role$xPolitical aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFeminist theory$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aFeminism 615 0$aSocial policy 615 0$aSex role$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a305.4201 702 $aHaussman$b Melissa$f1959- 702 $aSauer$b Birgit 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452658903321 996 $aGendering the state in the age of globalization$92220048 997 $aUNINA