LEADER 03084oam 2200613 450 001 9910822327103321 005 20240131154020.0 010 $a1-136-20143-2 010 $a9780203087748 010 $a0-203-08774-7 010 $a1-283-84492-3 010 $a1-136-20144-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203087749 035 $a(OCoLC)898362637 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL8PPI 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000298847 100 $a20141208d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFeminists and state welfare /$fJennifer Dale and Peggy Foster 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 195 pages) 225 0 $aRoutledge library editions. Feminist theory 300 $aFirst published in 1986 by Routledge & Kegan Paul. 311 $a0-415-75415-1 311 $a0-415-63570-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-189) and index. 327 $aFEMINISTS 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 perspectives 327 $a8 Changing the welfare system from within9 Separatist strategies for change; 10 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index 330 $aDesigned for students of social policy and women's studies, this text gives a readable account of the wide range of feminist ideas about women and welfare. The authors draw on feminist theory, research and analysis to explore women's experiences of welfare, and the debates within feminism on how and why the welfare state oppresses women. In an original contribution they discuss women's impact on the development of the welfare state both as feminist campaigners and as pioneers of new welfare professions. The book concludes by reviewing contemporary feminist strategies to transform the welfar 410 0$aRoutledge library editions.$pFeminist theory ;$vv. 14. 606 $aFeminist theory 606 $aSex discrimination against women$zGreat Britain 606 $aWelfare state$zGreat Britain 606 $aWomen and socialism$zGreat Britain 606 $aFeminism$zGreat Britain 615 0$aFeminist theory. 615 0$aSex discrimination against women 615 0$aWelfare state 615 0$aWomen and socialism 615 0$aFeminism 676 $a305.4201 676 $a305.420942 700 $aDale$b Jennifer.$0675967 702 $aFoster$b Peggy 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822327103321 996 $aFeminists and state welfare$94065984 997 $aUNINA