Feminists and state welfare / / Jennifer Dale and Peggy Foster
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| Autore: |
Dale Jennifer
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| Titolo: |
Feminists and state welfare / / Jennifer Dale and Peggy Foster
|
| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xi, 195 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 305.4201 |
| 305.420942 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Feminist theory |
| Sex discrimination against women - Great Britain | |
| Welfare state - Great Britain | |
| Women and socialism - Great Britain | |
| Feminism - Great Britain | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | FosterPeggy |
| Note generali: | First published in 1986 by Routledge & Kegan Paul. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 perspectives |
| 8 Changing the welfare system from within9 Separatist strategies for change; 10 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Designed 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Feminists and state welfare |
| ISBN: | 1-136-20143-2 |
| 9780203087748 | |
| 0-203-08774-7 | |
| 1-283-84492-3 | |
| 1-136-20144-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786598403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Routledge library editions. . -Feminist theory ; ; v. 14.