Gender and Welfare State Regimes [Paperback]

Gender and Welfare State Regimesfocuses on the interrelationships between aspects of the welfare state and labour market policies in structuring and transforming gender relations across a broad spectrum of countries. The book examines the construction of gender in various government welfare policies and illustrates how the specific qualities of the welfare state reinforce or counteract gender inequalities.

Part I. Gender Inequality and Welfare State Regimes
1. Contemporary Social Capitalist Welfare States and Gender Inequality,Jet Bussemaker and Kees van Kersbergen
2. Employment Equality Strategies in Liberal Welfare States,Julia S. OConnor
3. Gender and Social Democratic Welfare States,Diane Sainsbury
Part II. The Gendered Impact of Policies Across Welfare States
4. Public Childcare, Parental Leave, and Employment,Marcia K. Meyers, Janet C. Gornick, and Kathrin Ross
5. Lone Mothers, Economic Well-being and Policies,Majella Kilkey and Jonathan Bradshaw
6. Taxation, Family Responsibilities, and Employment,Diane Sainsbury
7. Gender Equality in the Labour Market
Part III. Gender Regimes and Welfare State Regimes
8. Gender, Policy Regimes and Politics,Diane Sainsbury

Diane Sainsbury is Acting Professor of Political Science, University of Stockholm.