Whether childcare is seen as part of society's educational policy, welfare policy, or employment policy affects not only its form and content but also its public image. The contributors in this volume use current polices for the care of infants and preschool children to analyze debates and track the emergence of new state welfare practices across a variety of social and political configurations-and offer some conclusions about which methods work the best.
Whether childcare is seen as part of society's educational policy, welfare policy, or employment policy affects not only its form and content but also...
Whether childcare is seen as part of society's educational policy, welfare policy, or employment policy affects not only its form and content but also its public image. The contributors in this volume use current polices for the care of infants and preschool children to analyze debates and track the emergence of new state welfare practices across a variety of social and political configurations-and offer some conclusions about which methods work the best.
Whether childcare is seen as part of society's educational policy, welfare policy, or employment policy affects not only its form and content but also...
Caught in the trap of the nation-state and frozen in postwar bloc logic, critical political economy has been found wanting when it comes to problematizing space and scale. Globalization and the prominence of world cities and regions have shaken the foundations of contemporary social science and fostered a new interest in the concept of scale. Leviathan Undone? brings together leading theorists and scholars from a variety of disciplines to develop a new language of scale, space, and topology. By treating scale as an important form of spatialization, the contributors bring a new...
Caught in the trap of the nation-state and frozen in postwar bloc logic, critical political economy has been found wanting when it comes to problem...
As the boundaries between nations become more permeable, women areincreasingly on the move, travelling from poor countries to rich onesto work as nannies, nurses, teachers, maids, and sex workers. Thestruggle to maintain a healthy balance between work, family, and carein Western nations is creating a care deficit in the developingworld. Feminist Ethics and Social Policy links ethics to thesocial politics of care by revealing the implications of thefeminization of migrant labour and the shortcomings of social policy atthe national level. Drawing on innovative theories of gender and race,...
As the boundaries between nations become more permeable, women areincreasingly on the move, travelling from poor countries to rich onesto work as nann...
Stephen, Professor McBride Rianne Mahon Gerard W. Boychuk
The 2007-2008 financial crisis marked a turning point for social policy. World leaders were forced to take a position: Should they entrench neoliberal policies in response to the crisis? Or, implement alternative measures to challenge economics as usual? This volume explores the response to the recession by international organizations and by nation states in Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America. Contributors examine whether social policy followed a similar trajectory across countries and regions, or whether their diverse national experiences produced equally diverse...
The 2007-2008 financial crisis marked a turning point for social policy. World leaders were forced to take a position: Should they entrench neolibe...
