Feminists and State Welfare (RLE Feminist Theory) (Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415635705 ISBN 13: 9780415635707

Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

Designed for students of social policy and women’s studies, this text gives a readable account of the wide range of feminist ideas about women and welfare. The authors draw on feminist theory, research and analysis to explore women’s experiences of welfare, and the debates within feminism on how and why the welfare state oppresses women. In an original contribution they discuss women’s impact on the development of the welfare state both as feminist campaigners and as pioneers of new welfare professions. The book concludes by reviewing contemporary feminist strategies to transform the welfare state to meet women’s needs. Whilst the authors put forward their own evaluation of these different feminist approaches, they aim to leave readers with plenty of scope to make up their own minds on the issues.

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JENNIFER DALE, ; PEGGY FOSTER,

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415635705
• ISBN 13: 9780415635707
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: JENNIFER DALE, PEGGY FOSTER