Gendering the State in the Age of Globalization

Women's Movements and State Feminism in Postindustrial Democracies
Herausgeber: Haussman, Melissa; Sauer, Birgit

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Produktbeschreibung

Gendering the State is a ground-breaking collection of studies that examines the efforts of women in countries all over the world to frame public policy debates on nationally critical issues in gendered terms. This is the latest volume in the Research Network on Gender and the State (RNGS) collaborative studies. Using the RNGS model of women's movement and women's policy actor strategies to influence public policy debates and state response, the book looks at data gathered from ten European countries (including Finland and Sweden), plus Japan, Australia, Canada, and the United States from the 1990s to today. The overall study is grouped into three distinct patterns of state change: state downsizing-particularly in social policy areas (Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, the United States, and Spain); expansion of state activities into previously less-regulated areas (Austria, France, Germany, and Sweden); and transformation-often constitutionally based-of representative structures (Australia, Belgium, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom). Examination of these patterns reveals the impact of the changes in state structures and national priorities on the effectiveness and ability of women's movement actors in achieving their goals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 806g
• ISBN-13: 9780742540163
• ISBN-10: 0742540162
• Artikelnr.: 22709435

Autorenporträt

Melissa Haussman is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University. Birgit Sauer is professor of political science at the University of Vienna.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction: Women's Movements and State Restructuring in the
1990s Chapter 2: Re-evaluating the Heart of Society: Family Policy in
Austria Chapter 3: Feminism and Indigenous Rights in Australia in the 1990s
Chapter 4: Speedy Belgians: The New Nationality Law of 2000 and the Impact
of the Women's Movement Chapter 5: New Federalism and Cracked Pillars: The
Canadian Health Insurance System under the 2000 Romanow Commission and
Beyond Chapter 6: Debating Day Care in Finland in the Midst of an Economic
Recession and Welfare State Down-Sizing Chapter 7: Thirty-five Hour
Workweek Reforms in France, 1997-2000: Strong Feminist Demands, Elite
Apathy, and Disappointing Outcomes Chapter 8: Women, Embryos, and the Good
Society: Gendering the Bioethics Debate in Germany Chapter 9: The Reform of
the State in Italy Chapter 10: Electoral Reform in Mid-1990s Japan Chapter
11: The Home Care Gap: Neoliberalism, Feminism, and the State in the
Netherlands Chapter 12: The Women's Movement, State Feminism, and
Unemployment Reform in Spain, 2002-2003 Chapter 13: The Debate about Care
Allowance in the Light of Welfare State Reconfiguration Chapter 14: The UK:
Reforming the House of Lords Chapter 15: Welfare Reform: America's Hot
Issue Chapter 16: Conclusion: State Feminism and State Restructuring since
the 1990s