Women and the state : the shifting boundaries of public and private /: the shifting boundaries of public and private. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Anne Showstack Sassoon.
• Editors: Sassoon, Anne Showstack
• Contents: Acknowledgements. List of Contributors. Introduction Part 1: The Modern State and Contemporary Society – New Insights and New Contradictions 1. Crazy Quilts: Rethinking the Welfare State Debate from a Woman’s Point of View Laura Balbo 2. Women and the Welfare State: The Transition from Private to Public Dependence Helga Maria Hernes 3. Confusing Concepts – Confusing Reality: A Theoretical Discussion of the Patriarchal State Drude Dahlerup 4. Women and the Advanced Welfare State – A New Kind of Patriarchal Power? Anette Borchorst and Birte Siim 5. Women’s New Social Role: Contradictions of the Welfare State Anne Showstack Sassoon Part 2: Inside and Outside the Home: Women’s Experience and the Transformation of Public and Private 6. Division of Family Labour and Gender Identity Chiara Saraceno 7. On the Rationality of Caring Kari Waerness 8. The Circular Trap: Women and Part-Time Work Vicki Smith 9. Between Public and Private: The Birth of the Professional Housewife and the Female Consumer Gabriella Turnaturi 10. Inside and Outside the Home: How Our Lives Have Changed through Domestic Automation Hélène Strohl . Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.42; Women -- Government policy; Women -- Social conditions; Women -- Employment
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429686337; 9780429686344; 9780429686320; 9780429401602
• Related ISBNs: 9781138393660
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