1st Edition
Family, Economy and State The Social Reproduction Process Under Capitalism
1.Introduction: the structure of reproduction in capitalist society
James Dickinson and Bob Russell
Part One: Household, Economy and Social Reproduction
2.Marxism and demography: space household forms and fertility regimes in the western European transition
Wally Seccombe
3.The function of social welfare in a capitalist economy
Jack Wayne
4.Rethinking the welfare state: dependence, economic individualism and the family
Eli Zaretsky
Part Two: The State and Social Reproduction
5.From poor law to social insurance: the periodization of state intervention in the reproduction process
James Dickinson
6.The state and the maintenance of patriarchy: a case study of family, labour and welfare legislation in Canada
Jane Ursel
7.Theoretical approaches to the state and social reproduction
Pradeep Bandyopadhyay
Part Three: Class and Social Reproduction
8.Family, class and state in women’s access to abortion and day care: the case of the United States
Susan Mann
9.The ‘Norming’ of the working day
Rudy Fichtenbaum and Gordon Welty
Part Four: Contradictions in Social Reproduction Under Capitalism
10.Retirement pensions: reinforced exploitation
James Stafford
11.The crises of the state and the state of the crisis: the Canadian welfare experience
Bob Russell
Biography
James Dickinson and Bob Russell
Review of the first publication:
“…commendable book…”
— Elizabeth Most, Science & Society, Vol. 52, No. 1
