LEADER 04586nam 2200757 450 001 9910456526603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612028625 010 $a1-4426-7866-6 010 $a1-282-02862-6 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442678668 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001300 035 $a(EBL)3255512 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000306575 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11274901 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306575 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10299003 035 $a(PQKB)10484428 035 $a(CaPaEBR)420820 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00211256 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255512 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671846 035 $a(DE-B1597)464766 035 $a(OCoLC)944177688 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442678668 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671846 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257536 035 $a(OCoLC)958565089 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001300 100 $a20160923h19991999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPoverty, social assistance, and the employability of mothers $erestructuring welfare states /$fMaureen Baker and David Tippin 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1999. 210 4$dİ1999 215 $a1 online resource (327 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-8180-0 311 $a0-8020-4357-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tTables -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Setting the Stage -- $t2. Gendering the Analysis of Restructuring -- $t3. Government Debt and Policy Choices: Restructuring in Canada -- $t4. From Public to Private Dependency? Reforming Policies in Australia -- $t5. The ?Great Experiment?: Restructuring New Zealand?s Social Programs -- $t6. The United Kingdom: Restructuring the ?Nanny State? -- $t7. Welfare-State Restructuring: The Poverty of Employability -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aWhy do some welfare states provide income support for mothers to care for their school-aged children at home while others expect them to find employment when their youngest child is six months old? This study, a fundamental contribution to social policy and social welfare theory, compares recent efforts to restructure social programs for low-income mothers in four countries: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. While these countries are sometimes classified as liberal welfare states, this book demonstrates that they vary considerably in terms of benefit development, expectations concerning maternal employment, and restructuring processes.The authors examine changes to income security programs, discuss the social, political and economic conditions affecting these programs, and analyse the discourse promoting reform. Using a feminist and political economy perspective, they conclude that recent, often expensive, efforts to make beneficiaries more employable have not always enabled them to escape welfare or poverty.While full-time employment opportunities are becoming scarcer, governments are requiring beneficiaries to enter the workforce, often with little social support or improvement in income. Regardless of the impact of employability initiatives on poverty levels, the study concludes that these policies are important ideological instruments in tempering demands on contemporary welfare systems. The result is a more residual welfare state, in which social provision is increasingly presented as a meagre last resort. 410 0$aStudies in comparative political economy and public policy ;$v8. 606 $aMothers$xGovernment policy$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aPoor women$xGovernment policy$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aPublic welfare$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aEmployability$vCross-cultural studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMothers$xGovernment policy 615 0$aPoor women$xGovernment policy 615 0$aPublic welfare 615 0$aEmployability 676 $a362.83/9 700 $aBaker$b Maureen$0929882 702 $aTippin$b David John$f1952- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456526603321 996 $aPoverty, social assistance, and the employability of mothers$92480820 997 $aUNINA