Gender, Equality and Welfare States by Diane Sainsbury

Gender, Equality and Welfare States by Diane Sainsbury

What differences do welfare state variations make for women? How do women and men fare in different welfare states? Diane Sainsbury answers these questions by analysing the situation in countries whose welfare state policies differ in significant ways: the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Building on feminist criticisms of mainstream research, Professor Sainsbury reconceptualises the crucial dimensions of variation, notably those relevant to gender. She determines the extent to which legislation reflects and perpetuates the gendered division of labour in the family and society, as well as what types of policy alter gender relations in social provision. She thereby increases our understanding of how policy mechanisms, especially the bases of entitlement, exclude or incorporate women and offers constructive proposals for securing greater equality between women and men.

Sainsbury, Diane: - Dr Diane Sainsbury, Department of Political Science, Univeristy of Stockhom

Contributors

Sainsbury: Gendering Welfare States

Toni Makkai Australian National University Canberra

Sue Donath University of Melbourne

Michael Bittman University of New South Wales

Lois Bryson University of Newcastle Australia

Alan Siaroff University of British Columbia

Anette Borchorst University of Aarhus

Traute Meyer WZB Berlin

Kristen Scheiwe Centre of European Social Research Mannheim

Mary Daly Istituto Universitario Europeo Fiesole

Jet Bussemaker Free University Amsterdam

Kees van Kersbergen Free University Amsterdam

Siv Gustafsson University of Amsterdam

Barbara Hobson University of Stockholm