The Gender Division of Welfare

The Impact of the British and German Welfare States

Mary Daly author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

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This book, first published in 2000, compares gender, social equality and welfare issues in Britain and Germany.

This ambitious study, first published in 2000, raises interesting and important questions about the relationship between welfare states, gender and social inequality. It examines the British and German welfare states, showing that both countries differ markedly in the measures they have instituted in various areas.The Gender Division of Welfare, first published in 2000, is an ambitious study that raises interesting and important questions concerning the relationship between welfare states, gender differentiation and social inequality. The book traces the consequences of different welfare state and social policy arrangements for women and men and the households in which they live. Mary Daly examines the British and German welfare states showing that both countries differ markedly in the measures they have instituted in various areas. These include the support of families with children, as well as policies established for the provision of care for the ill and aged. The author investigates how each of these hugely influential welfare state models affect financial relations between women and men and the extent to which women and men can participate in the labour market and the family.

"I provides an excellent account od theorectial developments on the conceptualization of the welfare state, and the methodologies employed to study welfare states...Overall, The Gender Division of Welfare advances theory and analysis, and can be highly recommended. Given its focus...The book offers an engaging account and evaluation of two welfare regime types and the effect of cash transfer and taxation systems and policies on the economic situation of men and women" Contemporary Sociology
"...this book provides an excellent starting point for bringing gender and family to the center of economic and political analysis." American Journal of Sociology
"This book will be of interest to welfare state scholars seeking recent and well-informed observations from the feminist perspective" Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Dec 2001

ISBN: 9780521623315

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm

Weight: 550g

284 pages