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Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context

Uncovering the Gendered Structure of 'The Social'

Shireen Hassim author S Razavi editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:1st Jan '06

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This book illustrates why both academic research and policy thinking need to factor-in gender hierarchies and structures if they are to address some of the key challenges of contemporary societies: the widespread informality and insecurity of paid work and the crisis of care.This book illustrates why both academic research and policy thinking need to factor-in gender hierarchies and structures if they are to address some of the key challenges of contemporary societies: the widespread informality and insecurity of paid work and the crisis of care.

'...an extremely valuable feminist viewpoint on social policy in a global context.' - Diane Perrons, Feminist Economics

ISBN: 9781349545346

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

355 pages

1st ed. 2006