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Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context : Uncovering the Gendered Structure of 'the Social'.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (367 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780230625280
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.40973
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Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1 Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context: Uncovering the Gendered Structure of 'the Social' -- Part I Historical and Regional Trajectories in Social Provisioning -- 2 Mothers at the Service of the New Poverty Agenda: The PROGRESA/Oportunidades Programme in Mexico -- 3 Gender and Post-socialist Welfare States in Central Eastern Europe: Family Policy Reforms in Poland and the Czech Republic Compared -- 4 Maternalist Policies versus Women's Economic Citizenship? Gendered Social Policy in Iran -- 5 Gender Equality and Developmental Social Welfare in South Africa -- 6 Social Policy Reforms and Gender in Japan and South Korea -- 7 The Evolution of the Women-friendly State: Opportunities and Constraints in the Swedish Welfare State -- 8 The Adult-worker-model Family and Gender Equality: Principles to Enable the Valuing and Sharing of Care -- Part II Labour Market Informality and the Search for Social Security -- 9 Labour Market Informalization, Gender and Social Protection: Reflections on Poor Urban Households in Bolivia and Ecuador -- 10 Working People and Access to Social Protection -- Part III Gender Dimensions of Social-sector Restructuring -- 11 Gender and Health Sector Reform: Analytical Perspectives on African Experience -- 12 Health Sector Reform in China: Gender Equality and Social Justice -- 13 Secondary Education in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh: Gender Dimensions of State Policy and Practice -- Part IV Financing Social Provisioning and Counting in Women -- 14 Gendered Implications of Tax Reform in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica and Jamaica -- 15 Expectations versus Realities in Gender-responsive Budget Initiatives -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G.
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Summary: This book illustrates why both academic research and policy thinking need to factor-in gender hierarchies and structures if they are to address some of the key challenges of contemporary societies: the widespread informality and insecurity of paid work and the crisis of care.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1 Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context: Uncovering the Gendered Structure of 'the Social' -- Part I Historical and Regional Trajectories in Social Provisioning -- 2 Mothers at the Service of the New Poverty Agenda: The PROGRESA/Oportunidades Programme in Mexico -- 3 Gender and Post-socialist Welfare States in Central Eastern Europe: Family Policy Reforms in Poland and the Czech Republic Compared -- 4 Maternalist Policies versus Women's Economic Citizenship? Gendered Social Policy in Iran -- 5 Gender Equality and Developmental Social Welfare in South Africa -- 6 Social Policy Reforms and Gender in Japan and South Korea -- 7 The Evolution of the Women-friendly State: Opportunities and Constraints in the Swedish Welfare State -- 8 The Adult-worker-model Family and Gender Equality: Principles to Enable the Valuing and Sharing of Care -- Part II Labour Market Informality and the Search for Social Security -- 9 Labour Market Informalization, Gender and Social Protection: Reflections on Poor Urban Households in Bolivia and Ecuador -- 10 Working People and Access to Social Protection -- Part III Gender Dimensions of Social-sector Restructuring -- 11 Gender and Health Sector Reform: Analytical Perspectives on African Experience -- 12 Health Sector Reform in China: Gender Equality and Social Justice -- 13 Secondary Education in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh: Gender Dimensions of State Policy and Practice -- Part IV Financing Social Provisioning and Counting in Women -- 14 Gendered Implications of Tax Reform in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica and Jamaica -- 15 Expectations versus Realities in Gender-responsive Budget Initiatives -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G.

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This book illustrates why both academic research and policy thinking need to factor-in gender hierarchies and structures if they are to address some of the key challenges of contemporary societies: the widespread informality and insecurity of paid work and the crisis of care.

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