Draws on central concepts from women's studies scholarship to construct a feminist understanding of the economic roles of families, caring labour, motherhood, paid and unpaid labor, poverty, the feminization of labour, and the consequences of globalization. Compares women's econ…
This collection of essays arose from a conference held to mark the silver anniversary of the Australian Sex Discrimination Act (1984). The collection has two aims: first; to honour the contributions of both the spirited individuals who valiantly fought for the enactment of the l…
This volume takes a look at the gender of tax policy around the world. Contributors based in eight different countries examine the effects that gender norms and practices have had in shaping tax law and policy, and how taxation in turn impacts upon the possibilities for equality…
The politics of disgust : practice, theory, history -- The politics of humanity : religion, race, gender, disability -- Sodomy laws : disgust and intrusion -- Antidiscrimination : romer and "animus"--The right to marry -- Protecting intimacy : sex clubs, public sex, risky choice…
Deals with the complexities of family relations and practices, and shows how these have been imagined, addressed or elided in the policy making. This title offers an approach to the analysis of meanings afforded to the family in different policy, legal and welfare contexts in Sw…
This work is concerned with the complexities of family relations and practices in the recent past and how these have been imagined, addressed or elided in policy making. It offers an innovative approach to the analysis of meanings afforded to the family in different policy, lega…
Changing Relations of Welfare uses rich and varied sources to offer an innovative approach to the analysis of meanings afforded to the family in different policy, legal and welfare contexts in Sweden, Denmark and Britain. Through the presentation of a historically informed, comp…
Contrary to many claims made in the media, women in China have experienced a dramatic rollback of rights and gains relative to men. Leftover Women lays out the structural discrimination against women and speaks to broader problems with China's economy, politics, and development.…
"Despite its place in the humanities, the career prospects and numbers of women in philosophy much more closely resemble those found in the sciences and engineering. This book collects a series of critical essays by female philosophers pursuing the question of why philosophy con…
