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Book SynopsisAfter two decades of feminist challenges to mainstream theorising, gender has become a central element of social policy and the welfare state. A new literature has widened the focus of social policy from state and economy to a three-sided discourse encompassing the state, the market and the family. The
Handbook on Gender and Social Policy provides a comprehensive introduction to this field with up-to-date accounts of debates and innovative original research by leading international authors.
The Handbook covers the key areas of social policy that relate to the inequalities between men and women in the developed and developing world. It presents original research on contemporary issues at national and transnational levels across the central policy terrain of income, employment, care and family policy, including family policy models, same-sex marriage and child protection. It features chapters on key perspectives on gender and policy and six original studies of the state of play in different regions of the world.
The Handbook on Gender and Social Policy is an excellent resource for advanced students and postgraduate students of sociology, political science, women?s studies, policy studies and related areas. It will also be of interest for practitioners and scholars of social policy seeking up-to-date coverage of how gender affects the contours of social policy and politics.
Contributors include: E. Adamson, C. Arza, D. Balkmar, M. Bernstein, M. Blaxland, M. Brady, D. Brennan, R. Daiger von Gleichen, M. Daly, A.L. Ellingsaeter, V. Esquivel, H. Figueiredo, K.R. Fisher, L. Foster, J. Ginn, S. Harkness, B. Harvey, J. Hearn, B. Hewitt, J. Jenson, T. Knijn, R. Mahon, L. Marg, J. Martínez Franzoni, J. McCoy, S. Meyer, J. Outshoorn, K. Pringle, S. Razavi, E. Reese, J.l. Rubery, M. Seeleib-Kaiser, X. Shang, S. Shaver, S. Staab, C. Valiente, F. Williams, A. Yeatman
Trade Review'This superb and comprehensive Handbook should be in the collection of every student of social policy - those who have specialized in gender issues and everyone else - for a key strength of the collection is the engagement across the multiple theoretical and empirical traditions of comparative welfare state research. The authors, a mix of leading scholars and emerging researchers, offer incisive and well-written analyses of classic and cutting-edge topics. Feminist theory and analysis come alive in their investigations of freedom, equality and the welfare state, care, intersectionality, transnational policy influences, the transformations of family policy, and more, across the globe. The Handbook is an excellent text for advanced undergraduate and graduate social policy courses, and an outstanding reference work for established analysts.' --Ann Shola Orloff, Northwestern University, US
'Bringing together some of the most renowned scholars in the field, this Handbook provides a multi-dimensional lens for understanding the developments and challenges posed by heterogeneity across regions, gender diversities and growing social inequalities for conceptualizing gender and social policy and the potential for making change. It engages with conceptual terrains that have transformed gender and social policy research: intersectionality and multiple inequalities, men and masculinities, and transnationalisms. The prodigious scope and breadth of this volume encompasses the Global North and South and transnational institutions and actors in an array of rich empirical chapters, both comparative and in-depth case studies, addressing themes from various theoretical perspectives, including employment, care, family, poverty, prostitution policies and LGBT rights.'
--Barbara Hobson, Institute for Advanced Study, Germany
'This is a sparkling and absorbing collection. The Handbook provides both case studies of specific countries and overviews of key policy areas, including employment, care, family policy, child protection, migration - and much more. The chapters and authors have been well selected to thoroughly cover the concepts and ideas that have informed feminist scholarship on social policy; to introduce cutting-edge current research across a wide range of countries; and to provide a springboard for the next generation of research.'
--Jane Millar, University of Bath, UK and Chair of the UK Social Policy Association
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook on Gender and Social Policy Sheila Shaver Part I Perspectives 2. Gender, social policy and the idea of the welfare state Anna Yeatman 3. Intersectionality, gender and social policy Fiona Williams 4. Men, masculinities and social policy Jeff Hearn, Keith Pringle and Dag Balkmar 5. Rethinking social policy: A gender perspective from the developing world Shahra Razavi and Silke Staab 6. Policy reforms on prostitution: The quest for control Joyce Outshoorn Part II Inequalities in work and care 7. Gender and economic inequality Susan Harkness 8. Gender, employment and social policy Jill Rubery and Hugo Figueiredo 9. Family policies and the weakening of the male-breadwinner model Rosa Daiger von Gleichen and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser 10. Transmitting inequality: Pensions policy and the gendered life course Liam Foster and Jay Ginn 11. Social investment, poverty and lone parents Jane Jenson 12. Care policies for children and adults in high-income countries Mary Daly 13. Care policies in the South Valeria Esquivel 14. Care and migration Deborah Brennan and Elizabeth Adamson 15. Shaping the way international organizations ‘see’ gender equality: The OECD and ECLAC Rianne Mahon Part III Family policy 16. Making and unmaking families Belinda Hewitt and Michelle Brady 17. The movement towards marriage equality in advanced industrialized countries Mary Bernstein and Brenna Harvey 18. Women, domestic violence and child protection Silke Meyer Part IV Case studies, countries and regions 19. Gender policy in the Netherlands: From a redistributive to an identity-based approach Trudie Knijn 20. An overview of research on gender and social policy in Spain Celia Valiente 21. Norway: The evolution of a Nordic earner–carer model Anne Lise Ellingsæter 22. Social policy in the United States Ellen Reese, Logan Marg and Julisa McCoy 23. A long decade of gendering social policy in Latin America: Transformative steps and inequality traps Camila Arza and Juliana Martínez Franzoni 24. Women and care in China Megan Blaxland, Xiaoyuan Shang and Karen R. Fisher Index
