Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia : the limits of political ambition? /: the limits of political ambition?. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kari Melby, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg.
• Other Names: Melby, Kari; Ravn, Anna-Birte; Wetterberg, Christina Carlsson, 1950-
• Contents: A Nordic model of gender equality? : introduction / Kari Melby, Anna-Birte Ravn, and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg -- Woman-friendly policy paradoxes? : childcare policies and gender equality visions in Scandinavia / Anette Borchorst -- The claim of economic citizenship : the concept of equality in a historical context / Christina Carlsson Wetterberg and Kari Melby -- Married women's right to pay taxes : debates on gender, economic citizenship, and tax law reform in Denmark, 1945-83 / Anna-Birte Ravn -- Family policy between science and politics / Åsa Lundqvist -- Academic discourse, social policy, and the construction of new families / Christine Roman -- The 'new father' : gender equality as discursive resource for family policies / Trine Annfelt -- From powerful to powerless fathers : gender equality in Danish family policies on parenthood / Charlotte Andersen and Anna-Birte Ravn -- Dilemmas on citizenship : tensions between gender equality and cultural diversity in the Danish welfare state / Birte Siim -- Women friendly? : understanding gendered racism in Sweden / Diana Mulinari -- Young women's attitudes towards feminism and gender equality / Ann-Dorte Christensen -- A Scandinavian feminist public sphere : discourses on feminism and gender equality / Christina Fiig -- Gender, citizenship, and social justice in the Nordic welfare states : a view from the outside / Ruth Lister -- Future research on gender equality in the Scandinavian countries / Keith Pringle.
• Publisher Details: Bristol, UK : Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 244 pages)
• Subjects: 361.610820948; Family policy -- Scandinavia; Gender mainstreaming -- Scandinavia; Equality -- Scandinavia; Sex discrimination -- Scandinavia; Social Science; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies; Gender mainstreaming; Equality; Family policy; Sex discrimination; Social policy; Scandinavia -- Social policy; Scandinavia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847423412; 1847423418; 1281794104; 9781281794109; 9781447302407; 1447302400
• Related ISBNs: 9781847420664; 1847420664
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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