{"product_id":"maternalism-reconsidered-motherhood-welfare-and-social-policy-in-the-twentieth-century-20-international-studies-in-social-history-20-9780857454669","title":"Maternalism Reconsidered Motherhood Welfare and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA welcome addition to the literature on gender and social policy, this anthology addresses critical issues regarding women and the welfare state. Recognizing that maternalism is more diverse and nuanced than the simplification initially posed as a critique of the paternalist welfare state, the editors explore ways in which women''s circumstances varied globally during the 20th century through chapters on the US, France, Fascist Italy, the Netherlands, Soviet-era Ukraine, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico...Highly Recommended.    Choice\u003cp\u003eBeginning in the late 19th century, competing ideas about motherhood had a profound impact on the development and implementation of social welfare policies. Calls for programmes aimed at assisting and directing mothers emanated from all quarters of the globe, advanced by states and voluntary organizations, liberals and conservatives, feminists and anti-feminists - a phenomenon that scholars have since termed ''maternalism''. This volume reassesses \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eA welcome addition to the literature on gender and social policy, this anthology addresses critical issues regarding women and the welfare state. Recognizing that maternalism is more diverse and nuanced than the simplification initially posed as a critique of the paternalist welfare state, the editors explore ways in which women's circumstances varied globally during the 20th century through chapters on the US, France, Fascist Italy, the Netherlands, Soviet-era Ukraine, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico…Highly Recommended\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“One of the most striking features of this excellent collection of essays is thedurability of maternalism – as an ideology, a political strategy and as a practice of social policy and legislation. This anthology revisits and also updates the rich scholarship on the influence of maternalism on welfare and social policy, which was produced mainly during the early 1990s.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Gender \u0026amp; History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRebecca Jo Plant \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMarian van der Klein\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Beyond Maternalism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSonya Michel \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e The State, the Women’s Movement and Maternity Insurance, 1900-1930: A Dutch Maternalism?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarian van der Klein\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mobilising Mothers in the Nation’s Service: Civic Culture in France’s Familial Welfare State, 1890‑1914\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLori R. Weintrob\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Speaking on Behalf of Others:Dutch Social Workers and The Problem of Maternalist Condescension\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBerteke Waaldijk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003e‘Respectable Citizens of Canada’: Gender and the Welfare State in the Great Depression\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLara Campbell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimages: Patriotic Maternalists and Their Critics in the Interwar U.S.\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRebecca Jo Plant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChpaptr 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Protecting Mothers in Order to Protect Children: Maternalism and the 1935 Pan-American Child Congress\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNichole Sanders\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Maternal and Child Welfare, State Policy and Women’s Philanthropic Activities in Brazil, 1930-45\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMaria Lúcia Mott\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Maternalism in a Paternalist State: The National Organization for the Protection of Motherhood and Infancy in Fascist Italy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eElisabetta Vezzosi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Maternalism, Soviet-Style: The Working ‘Mothers with Many Children’ in Postwar Western Ukraine\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eYoshie Mitsuyoshi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Infant-Maternity Health and Nutritional Programmes in Argentina: Maternalism without Maternalists?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlma Idiart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Afterword: Maternalism Today\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRebecca Jo Plant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tSelect Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tContributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038910185815,"sku":"9780857454669","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857454669.jpg?v=1750941903","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/maternalism-reconsidered-motherhood-welfare-and-social-policy-in-the-twentieth-century-20-international-studies-in-social-history-20-9780857454669","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}