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Feminists and State Welfare (RLE Feminist Theory) book cover

1st Edition

Feminists and State Welfare (RLE Feminist Theory)

Edited By JENNIFER DALE, PEGGY FOSTER Copyright 1986
195 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

195 Pages
by Routledge
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Designed for students of social policy and women’s studies, this text gives a readable account of the wide range of feminist ideas about women and welfare. The authors draw on feminist theory, research and analysis to explore women’s experiences of welfare, and the debates within feminism on how and why the welfare state oppresses women. In an original contribution they discuss women’s impact on... Read more

Acknowledgement.  Introduction.  Part 1. Feminists and the historical development of the Welfare State  1. Feminism and the Welfare State: the formative years  2. Women pioneers in welfare work  Part 2. Contemporary feminism and the critique of welfare  3. Contemporary feminism  4. Education  5. Welfare professionals and the control of women  6. The material impact of welfare  Part 3. Feminist strategies to change welfare  7. The economic position of women – alternative perspectives  8. Changing the welfare system from within  9. Separatist strategies for change  10. Conclusion.  Bibliography.  Index.

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JENNIFER DALE, ; PEGGY FOSTER,

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