Women and the State: The Shifting Boundaries of Public and Private

ISBN-13: 9781138393738 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 308 str.

Anne Showstack Sassoon

Opis

Originally published in 1987, this book marks a powerful contribution to a new and more realistic assessment of women’s dual role in the state and the economy which should be read by all those concerned with the development of women’s issues and with women’s studies.

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Acknowledgements.  List of Contributors.  Introduction  Part 1: The Modern State and Contemporary Society – New Insights and New Contradictions  1. Crazy Quilts: Rethinking the Welfare State Debate from a Woman’s Point of View Laura Balbo  2. Women and the Welfare State: The Transition from Private to Public Dependence Helga Maria Hernes  3. Confusing Concepts – Confusing Reality: A Theoretical Discussion of the Patriarchal State Drude Dahlerup  4. Women and the Advanced Welfare State – A New Kind of Patriarchal Power? Anette Borchorst and Birte Siim  5. Women’s New Social Role: Contradictions of the Welfare State Anne Showstack Sassoon  Part 2: Inside and Outside the Home: Women’s Experience and the Transformation of Public and Private  6. Division of Family Labour and Gender Identity Chiara Saraceno  7. On the Rationality of Caring Kari Waerness  8. The Circular Trap: Women and Part-Time Work Vicki Smith  9. Between Public and Private: The Birth of the Professional Housewife and the Female Consumer Gabriella Turnaturi  10. Inside and Outside the Home: How Our Lives Have Changed through Domestic Automation Hélène Strohl.  Index

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Sassoon, Anne Showstack