286 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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No-one can hope to understand the workings of the welfare state without first appreciating women's part in it. In the past decade the significance of the gendering of welfare states has become widely accepted, extensively charted in research, and more systematically theorized. Building on her earlier work, in Social Policy: A New Feminist Analysis Gillian Pascall confronts the challenges and... Read more
Chapter 1 Social Policy; Chapter 2 Family, Work and State; Chapter 3 Caring; Chapter 4 Education; Chapter 5 Housing; Chapter 6 Health; Chapter 7 Poverty and Social Security; Chapter 8 Conclusion;
Biography
Gillian Pascall is Lecturer in Social Policy and Administration at the University of Nottingham.
'Raises issues too often ignored by policy-makers...the extensive analysis conducted here will provide researchers and scholars with a good starting point for further work on gender and the welfare state.' - International Affairs
'Gillian Pascall has successfully brought together a great deal of material, woven an argument and clearly presented the extremely complicated picture of the relationship between women and social policy in Britain ... It is a book to use. Last academic year this book proved itself well as an excellent and provocative student text at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and its analytical power means that its utility will last.' - Journal of Social Policy
'This is a valuable book for both students and those teaching them. It is full of useful detail yet remains a clear straightforward text.' - Housing Studies Vol 13:6 1998
