Gendering the state in the age of globalization : women's movements and state feminism in postindustrial democracies /
edited by Melissa Haussman and Birgit Sauer.
- 1 online resource (403 pages) : illustrations
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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Feminist theory--Political aspects. Feminism--Cross-cultural studies. Social policy--Cross-cultural studies. Sex role--Political aspects.