{"product_id":"9781785367120-handbook-on-gender-and-social-policy","title":"Handbook on Gender and Social Policy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter two decades of feminist challenges to mainstream theorising, gender has become a central element of social policy and the welfare state. It will also be of interest for practitioners and scholars of social policy seeking up-to-date coverage of how gender affects the contours of social policy and politics. After two decades of feminist challenges to mainstream theorising, gender has become a central element of social policy and the welfare state. A new literature has widened the focus of social policy from state and economy to a three-sided discourse encompassing the state, the market and the family. The \u003ci\u003eHandbook on Gender and Social Policy \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a comprehensive introduction to this field with up-to-date accounts of debates and innovative original research by leading international authors.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Handbook covers the key areas of social policy that relate to the inequalities between men and women in the developed and developing world. It presents original research on contemporary issues at national and transnational levels across the central policy terrain of income, employment, care and family policy, including family policy models, same-sex marriage and child protection. It features chapters on key perspectives on gender and policy and six original studies of the state of play in different regions of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eHandbook on Gender and Social Policy \u003c\/i\u003eis an excellent resource for advanced students and postgraduate students of sociology, political science, women?s studies, policy studies and related areas. It will also be of interest for practitioners and scholars of social policy seeking up-to-date coverage of how gender affects the contours of social policy and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors include: E. Adamson, C. Arza, D. Balkmar, M. Bernstein, M. Blaxland, M. Brady, D. Brennan, R. Daiger von Gleichen, M. Daly, A.L. Ellingsaeter, V. Esquivel, H. Figueiredo, K.R. Fisher, L. Foster, J. Ginn, S. Harkness, B. Harvey, J. Hearn, B. Hewitt, J. Jenson, T. Knijn, R. Mahon, L. Marg, J. Martínez Franzoni, J. McCoy, S. Meyer, J. Outshoorn, K. Pringle, S. Razavi, E. Reese, J.l. Rubery, M. Seeleib-Kaiser, X. Shang, S. Shaver, S. Staab, C. Valiente, F. Williams, A. Yeatman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40086125903969,"sku":"9781785367120","price":258.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/a6511a79d5da1f3f93dbf4f8c37159f4.png?v=1679514857","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785367120-handbook-on-gender-and-social-policy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}