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It is ten years since the first edition of this well-established text was published. The second edition contains an almost entirely new selection of readings, to bring the publication up-to-date, and to develop themes that are likely to remain topical into the late 1990s and beyond. Where possible and relevant, much of the material has a comparative (particularly European) perspective. The book is an essential text for students and teachers of social policy and women's studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction; C.Ungerson & M.Kember
  PART 1: WOMEN, SOCIAL SECURITY AND CITIZENSHIP
Introduction; C.Ungerson
Tracing the Contours of Women's Citizenship; R.Lister
Equality, Difference and State Welfare: Labour Market and Family Policies in Sweden; J.Lewis & G.Astrom
  PART 2: WOMEN AND THE LABOUR MARKET
Introduction; M.Kember
Women in the Labour Market: Policy in Perspective; A.Dale
Part-time Employment and Labour Market Policies; T.Walsh
Women and '1992': Integration or Segmentation; G.Whitting
  PART 3: WOMEN AND CHILD CARE
Introduction; M.Kember Government Policy; J.Brannen & P.Moss
  Locational Issues in Childcare Provision; S.Bowlby
  Social Support for Families; A.Coote, H.Harman & P.Hewitt
Families in Dreamland; P.Morgan
  PART 4: LONE MOTHERS
Introduction; M.Kember
State, Family and Personal Responsibility: the Changing Balance for Lone Mothers in the UK; J.Millar
 The Relative Prosperity of French One-Parent Families; J. Baker
  PART 5: WOMEN AND HOUSING AND PLANNING POLICY
Introduction; C.Ungerson
Finding a Home; H.Graham
Gender, House and 'Home': Social Meanings and Domestic Architecture in Britain; R.Madigan & M.Munro
Safer Cities for Women; S.Trench, T.Oc & S.Tiesdell
  PART 6: WOMEN AND EDUCATION
Introduction; M.Kember
'Just Three Quiet Girls'; M.Stanworth
A Gender Agenda; M.David
  The New School Governing Bodies: Are Gender and Race on the Agenda?; R.Deem
Can the Barriers be Breached? Mature Women's Access to Higher Education; L.Sperling
  Access and Assets: the Experience of Mature Mother Students in Higher Education; R.Edwards
  PART 7: WOMEN AND HEALTH CARE
Introduction; C.Ungerson
Maternity Services; House of Commons Select Committee on Health
 Women and Private Medicine; R.Wiles
The New Reproductive Technology: Problem or Solution?; J.Strickler
  PART 8: WOMEN AND THE PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES
Introduction; C.Ungerson
  The Restructuring of the Personal Social Services; M.Langan
  Women Caring for People: the Mismatch between Rhetoric and Women's Reality?; H.Brown & H.Smith
  PART 9: WOMEN AND INFORMAL CARE
Introduction; C.Ungerson
Informal Care-Givers for Elderly People; S.Arber & J.Ginn
  Feminist Research and Informal Care; J.Morris
  Payment for Caring: Mapping a Territory; C.Ungerson.

Product details

Published 24 Sep 1997
Format Paperback
Edition 2nd
Extent 408
ISBN 9780333601877
Imprint Red Globe Press
Dimensions Not specified
Series Women in Society: A Feminist List
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Mary Kember

Anthology Editor

Clare Ungerson

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