Engendering social policy

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Engendering social policy

edited by Sophie Watson and Lesley Doyal

Open University Press, 1999

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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: pbk ISBN 9780335201136

Description

Engendering Social Policy brings new and fresh perspectives to the question of how social policy constructs gendered social relations. With the restructuring of welfare firmly back on the political agenda, in the context of a reassertion that traditional families are the backbone of society, this book raises important issues for students, academics and practitioners grappling with social policy issues at the end of the millennium. Articles in the collection draw on a diversity of theoretical and methodological perspectives engaging with issues that have vexed feminist analysts and activists over more than two decades. The collection explores how social policy constructs gendered relations, the difference/equality debate, representations and discourses of gender in social policy, the tensions and issues associated with restructuring domestic relations, and feminist alternatives to mainstream social policy solutions. The book adopts a comparative and international perspective taking on board the importance of global changes as well as illustrating its argument with practices and research from a number of countries. This book is essential reading for those interested in seriously addressing questions of gender and social policy in an international framework.

Table of Contents

Engendering social policy an introduction The changing worlds of work and families Sex, Gender and Health a new approach City a/genders 'She's there for me' caring in a rural community Child protection policy and practice women in the frontline The criminalization of female poverty Domestic violence policy in the 1990s Fatherhood, children and violence Mainstreaming equality 'Dangerous and different' reconstructions of madness in the 1990s and the role of mental health policy References.
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ISBN 9780335201143

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The articles collated in this text explore: how social policy constructs gendered relations; the difference/equailty debate; representations and discourses in social policy; the tensions and issues associated with restructuring domestic relations; and feminist alternatives to mainstream social policy solutions. The book adopts a comparative and international perspective taking on board the importance of global changes as well as illustrating its argument with practices and research from a number of countries. Overall, the text raises issues for students, academics and practitioners dealing with social policy issues in the late-20th century.

Table of Contents

  • Engendering social policy - an introduction
  • the changing worlds of work and families
  • sex, gender and health - a new approach
  • city a/genders
  • "She's there for me" - caring in a rural community
  • child protection policy and practice - women in the frontline
  • the criminalization of female poverty
  • domestic violence policy in the 1990s
  • fatherhood, children and violence
  • mainstream equality
  • "dangerous and different" - reconstructions of madness in the 1990s and the role of mental health policy.

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