Women and the Canadian Welfare State : Challenges and Change.

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Explains not only how women are affected by changes in policy and programming, but how they can take an active role in shaping these changes.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, Patricia
Otros Autores: Wekerle, Gerda, Wekerle, Gerda R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1997.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Women > Government policy > Canada.
Public welfare > Canada.
Femmes > Politique gouvernementale > Canada.
Aide sociale > Canada.
Public welfare
Women > Government policy
Canada
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • TABLES
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • Part I: Welfare State in Transition
  • 1 The Shifting Terrain of Women's Welfare: Theory, Discourse, and Activism
  • 2 From the Welfare State to Vampire Capitalism
  • Part II: Challenging the Bases of Claims
  • 3 Creation Stories: Social Rights and Canada's Constitution
  • 4 Divided Citizenship? Gender, Income Security, and the Welfare State
  • 5 Family Law and Social Assistance Programs: Rethinking Equality
  • 6 Migration Policy, Female Dependency, and Family Membership: Canada and Germany
  • 7 The Shift to the Market: Gender and Housing Disadvantage
  • Part III: Women's Work and the State
  • 8 Double, Double, Toil and Trouble ... Women's Experience of Work and Family in Canada 1980-1995
  • 9 Towards a Woman-Friendly Long-Term Care Policy
  • 10 The State and Pay Equity: Juggling Similarity and Difference, Meaning, and Structures
  • Part IV: Women Challenging the Welfare State
  • 11 Challenging Diversity: Black Women and Social Welfare
  • 12 Women, Unions, and the State: Challenges Ahead
  • 13 Institutionalizing Feminist Politics: Learning from the Struggles for Equal Pay in Ontario.

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