{"product_id":"driven-apart-9780774808217","title":"Driven Apart","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author demonstrates how calls for family-friendly employment policies have met with inappropriate action on the part of successive governments. The text explains why federal governments have been able to implement employment equity policies, but failed to develop a national child care system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[A] meticulously researched and engagingly written book ... Those interested in Canadian politics and administration should find this book as illuminating as those interested in employment policy and in policy issues differentially affecting women. -- C. Shrewsbury * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTables\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Double-Edged Nature of Women's Employment Inequality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Citizenship, Motherhood, and Employment in the Wartime and Welfare States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. The Royal Commission on the Status of Women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. A Just Society? The Trudeau Government’s Response to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Redefining the Issues: Systemic Discrimination and National Child Care Policies in Trudeau’s Final Term\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. The Royal Commission on Equality in Employment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Breaking the Links: The Mulroney Government’s Response to the Royal Commission on Equality in Employment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Tiny Timid Steps: Employment Equity and Child Care in Mulroney’s Second Term\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Creating Opportunity? The Chrétien Government’s Approach to Employment Equity and Child Care\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Linked Together, Yet Driven Apart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppendices\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. Research Interviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. Turning Points in Canadian Policy Development on Women's Employment Equality and Child Care\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404906799447,"sku":"9780774808217","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774808217.jpg?v=1730488010","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/driven-apart-9780774808217","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}