Gendering the state in the age of globalization : women's movements and state feminism in postindustrial democracies / edited by Melissa Haussman and Birgit Sauer.

Contributor(s): Haussman, Melissa, 1959- [editor.] | Sauer, Birgit [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2007]Copyright date: 2007Description: 1 online resource (403 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780742581401Subject(s): Feminist theory -- Political aspects | Feminism -- Cross-cultural studies | Social policy -- Cross-cultural studies | Sex role -- Political aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gendering the state in the age of globalization : women's movements and state feminism in postindustrial democracies.DDC classification: 305.4201 LOC classification: HQ1236 | .G4628 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : Women's movements and state restructuring in the 1990s / Melissa Haussman and Birgit Sauer -- Re-evaluating the "heart of society" : family policy in Austria / Birgit Sauer -- Feminism and indigenous rights in Australia in the 1990s / Barbara Sullivan -- Speedy Belgians : the new Nationality Law of 2000 and the impact of the women's movement / Alison E. Woodward -- New federalism and cracked pillars : the Canadian health insurance system under the 2000 Romanow Commission and beyond / Melissa Haussman -- Debating day care in Finland in the midst of an economic recession and welfare state down-sizing / Terhi Aalto and Anne Maria Holli -- Thirty-five hour workweek reforms in France, 1997-2000 : strong feminist demands, elite apathy, and disappointing outcomes / Amy G. Mazur -- Women, embryos, and the good society : gendering the bioethics debate in Germany / Kathrin Braun -- The reform of the state in Italy / Marila Guadagnini -- Electoral reform in mid-1990s Japan / Misako Iwamoto -- The "home care gap" : neoliberalism, feminism, and the state in the Netherlands / Jantine Oldersma and Joyce Outshoorn -- The women's movement, state feminism, and unemployment reform in Spain, 2002-2003 / Celia Valiente -- The debate about care allowance in the light of welfare state reconfiguration / Christina Bergqvist -- The UK : reforming the House of Lords / Joni Lovenduski -- Welfare reform : America's hot issue / Dorothy E. McBride -- Conclusions : State feminism and state restructuring since the 1990s / Birgit Sauer, Melissa Haussman, and Dorothy E. McBride.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-362) and index.

Introduction : Women's movements and state restructuring in the 1990s / Melissa Haussman and Birgit Sauer -- Re-evaluating the "heart of society" : family policy in Austria / Birgit Sauer -- Feminism and indigenous rights in Australia in the 1990s / Barbara Sullivan -- Speedy Belgians : the new Nationality Law of 2000 and the impact of the women's movement / Alison E. Woodward -- New federalism and cracked pillars : the Canadian health insurance system under the 2000 Romanow Commission and beyond / Melissa Haussman -- Debating day care in Finland in the midst of an economic recession and welfare state down-sizing / Terhi Aalto and Anne Maria Holli -- Thirty-five hour workweek reforms in France, 1997-2000 : strong feminist demands, elite apathy, and disappointing outcomes / Amy G. Mazur -- Women, embryos, and the good society : gendering the bioethics debate in Germany / Kathrin Braun -- The reform of the state in Italy / Marila Guadagnini -- Electoral reform in mid-1990s Japan / Misako Iwamoto -- The "home care gap" : neoliberalism, feminism, and the state in the Netherlands / Jantine Oldersma and Joyce Outshoorn -- The women's movement, state feminism, and unemployment reform in Spain, 2002-2003 / Celia Valiente -- The debate about care allowance in the light of welfare state reconfiguration / Christina Bergqvist -- The UK : reforming the House of Lords / Joni Lovenduski -- Welfare reform : America's hot issue / Dorothy E. McBride -- Conclusions : State feminism and state restructuring since the 1990s / Birgit Sauer, Melissa Haussman, and Dorothy E. McBride.

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