UID:
edocfu_9958352452502883
Format:
1 online resource (232 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780812202472
Content:
Western Welfare in Decline explores the plight of poor single mothers in five English-speaking countries that have implemented welfare restructuring: the United States, Canada, Britain, and New Zealand.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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1. Introduction: The Global Feminization of Poverty /
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2. Neoliberalism 1: Discourses of Personhood and Welfare Reform /
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3. Neoliberalism II: The Global Free Market /
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4. Globalization as Hybridity /
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5. From New Deal to Bad Deal: Racial and Political Implications of U.S. Welfare Reform /
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6. The Great Undoing: State Formation, Gender Politics, and Social Policy in Canada /
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7. The Responsible Citizen: Creating a New British Welfare Contract /
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8. Paradoxes in "Paradise": The Changing Politics of Women, Welfare, and Work in Australia /
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9. Neoliberalisrn and Tino Rangatiratanga: Welfare State Restructuring in Aotearoa/New Zealand /
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10. Where to Next? Against and Beyond Neoliberalisrn /
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Contributors --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812202472
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812202472
