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Public policy for women : the state, income security, and labour market issues /

Containing essays from leading feminist academics, and social activists, Public Policy for Women addresses important public policy issues that fail to address women's needs.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cohen, Marjorie Griffin, 1944- (Editor ), Pulkingham, Jane (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2009]
Colección:Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ; 32.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Going too far? Feminist public policy in Canada / Marjorie Griffin Cohen and Jane Pulkingham
  • Rolling out or backtracking on Quebec's child care system? Ideology matters / Jane Jenson
  • The politics of the national children's agenda : a critical analysis of contemporary neoliberal social policy change / Wendy McKeen
  • A study of women's provisioning : implications for social provisions / Sheila M. Neysmith [and others]
  • Gender mainstreaming in neoliberal times : the potential of 'Deep evaluation' / Olena Hankivsky
  • Abolishing prostitution through economic, physical, and political security for women / Lee Lakeman
  • Lone mothers : policy responses to build social inclusion / Lea Caragata
  • Gender equity and social welfare reform : supporting economic security for single mothers on assistance / Shauna Butterwick
  • Guaranteed annual income : a feminist approach / Margot Young
  • Re-visioning the environment of support for lone mothers in extreme poverty / Penny Gurstein and Silvia Vilches
  • Income security for women : what about employment insurance? / Martha MacDonald
  • Quebec's policies for work-family balance : a model for Canada? / Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
  • Are wage supplements the answer to the problems of working-poor women? / Andrew Jackson
  • Abandoning mandatory retirement policies : what are the safeguards for women? / Margaret Menton Manery and Arlene Tigar McLaren
  • Canadian and international policies on prostitution : labour legitimacy, social change and decriminalization / Emily Van Der Meulen
  • Economic security for women : organizing around immigration status and work / Jill Hanley and Eric Shragge
  • Precarious employment and the challenges for employment policy / Leah F. Vosko.