Poverty, Social Assistance, and the Empl : Restructuring Welfare States.

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The authors examine changes to income security programs, discuss the social, political and economic conditions affecting these programs, and analyse the discourse promoting reform.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baker, Maureen
Otros Autores: Tippin, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Colección:Studies in comparative political economy and public policy.
Temas:
Mothers > Government policy > Cross-cultural studies.
Poor women > Government policy > Cross-cultural studies.
Femmes pauvres > Politique gouvernementale > Études transculturelles.
Mères > Politique gouvernementale > Études transculturelles.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Mothers > Government policy
Poor women > Government policy
Berufstätigkeit
Sozialhilfe
Mutter
Reform
Wohlfahrtsstaat
Kanada
Neuseeland
Großbritannien
Australien
Kanada.
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1 Setting the Stage
  • Introduction
  • Objective of This Study
  • The Political Economy of Social-Program Development
  • Mothering, Dependency, and Employability
  • Choice of Countries
  • Comparing the Four Countries
  • Outline of the Book
  • 2 Gendering the Analysis of Restructuring
  • Introduction
  • 'Malestream' Theories of the Welfare State
  • Feminist Approaches to Welfare Reforms
  • Dependency and Social Assistance
  • Employability Programs
  • Employability Policy: Implications for Low-income Mothers
  • Conclusion
  • 3 Government Debt and Policy Choices: Restructuring in Canada
  • Introduction
  • Debt and the Canadian Welfare State
  • A Brief Overview of Federal Social Programs
  • Provincial Social-Assistance Programs
  • Restructuring Canadian Social Programs
  • Opposition to Restructuring
  • Conclusion
  • 4 From Public to Private Dependency? Reforming Policies in Australia
  • Introduction
  • Overview of Social Programs in Australia
  • The Social-Security Review and Its Aftermath
  • 'Choice' and Government Rhetoric
  • Conclusion
  • 5 The 'Great Experiment': Restructuring New Zealand's Social Programs
  • Introduction
  • The Development of Social Security in New Zealand
  • Restructuring the New Zealand Political Economy
  • Social-Program Restructuring: Redefining Dependency
  • Restructuring Social Programs: Towards Employability?
  • Consolidating New Directions: Well-being and Responsibility
  • Conclusion
  • 6 The United Kingdom: Restructuring the 'Nanny State'
  • Introduction
  • The Questioning of Collectivism and Social Citizenship
  • Restructuring British Social Programs for Low-Income Mothers
  • The Universal Child Benefit and Income-Tax Benefits
  • Child Support
  • Childcare
  • Welfare to Paid Work: 'New Deals' for the Unemployable
  • The Impact of the European Union
  • Conclusion.
  • 7 Welfare-State Restructuring: The Poverty of Employability
  • Introduction
  • Cross-National Variations in Welfare States
  • Factors Affecting Restructuring
  • Conclusion: Towards a Theory of Welfare-State Restructuring
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
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  • W
  • Y
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