Women and the Canadian Welfare State : Challenges and Change.

Explains not only how women are affected by changes in policy and programming, but how they can take an active role in shaping these changes.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Evans, Patricia
Other Authors:	Wekerle, Gerda, Wekerle, Gerda R.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1997.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Subjects:	Women > Government policy > Canada. Public welfare > Canada. Public welfare Women > Government policy Canada
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Intro
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TABLES
CONTRIBUTORS
Part I: Welfare State in Transition
1 The Shifting Terrain of Women's Welfare: Theory, Discourse, and Activism
2 From the Welfare State to Vampire Capitalism
Part II: Challenging the Bases of Claims
3 Creation Stories: Social Rights and Canada's Constitution
4 Divided Citizenship? Gender, Income Security, and the Welfare State
5 Family Law and Social Assistance Programs: Rethinking Equality
6 Migration Policy, Female Dependency, and Family Membership: Canada and Germany
7 The Shift to the Market: Gender and Housing Disadvantage
Part III: Women's Work and the State
8 Double, Double, Toil and Trouble ... Women's Experience of Work and Family in Canada 1980-1995
9 Towards a Woman-Friendly Long-Term Care Policy
10 The State and Pay Equity: Juggling Similarity and Difference, Meaning, and Structures
Part IV: Women Challenging the Welfare State
11 Challenging Diversity: Black Women and Social Welfare
12 Women, Unions, and the State: Challenges Ahead
13 Institutionalizing Feminist Politics: Learning from the Struggles for Equal Pay in Ontario.

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