TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baker,Maureen
AU  - Tippin,David John
TI  - Poverty, social assistance, and the employability of mothers: restructuring welfare states 
T2  - Studies in comparative political economy and public policy
SN  - 9781442678668
AV  - HV697 .B34 1999eb
U1  - 362.83/9 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Toronto [Ont.]
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Mothers
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Poor women
KW  - Mères
KW  - Politique gouvernementale
KW  - Études transculturelles
KW  - Femmes pauvres
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Women's Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Social Security
KW  - Social Services & Welfare
KW  - fast
KW  - Wohlfahrtsstaat
KW  - gnd
KW  - Reform
KW  - Mutter
KW  - Sozialhilfe
KW  - Berufstätigkeit
KW  - Australien
KW  - Großbritannien
KW  - Neuseeland
KW  - Kanada
KW  - swd
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 Setting the Stage -- Introduction -- Objective of This Study -- The Political Economy of Social-Program Development -- Mothering, Dependency, and Employability -- Choice of Countries -- Comparing the Four Countries -- Outline of the Book -- 2 Gendering the Analysis of Restructuring -- Introduction -- 'Malestream' Theories of the Welfare State -- Feminist Approaches to Welfare Reforms -- Dependency and Social Assistance -- Employability Programs -- Employability Policy: Implications for Low-income Mothers; Conclusion3 Government Debt and Policy Choices: Restructuring in Canada -- Introduction -- Debt and the Canadian Welfare State -- A Brief Overview of Federal Social Programs -- Provincial Social-Assistance Programs -- Restructuring Canadian Social Programs -- Opposition to Restructuring -- Conclusion -- 4 From Public to Private Dependency? Reforming Policies in Australia -- Introduction -- Overview of Social Programs in Australia -- The Social-Security Review and Its Aftermath -- 'Choice' and Government Rhetoric -- Conclusion; 5 The 'Great Experiment': Restructuring New Zealand's Social ProgramsIntroduction -- The Development of Social Security in New Zealand -- Restructuring the New Zealand Political Economy -- Social-Program Restructuring: Redefining Dependency -- Restructuring Social Programs: Towards Employability? -- Consolidating New Directions: Well-being and Responsibility -- Conclusion -- 6 The United Kingdom: Restructuring the 'Nanny State' -- Introduction -- The Questioning of Collectivism and Social Citizenship -- Restructuring British Social Programs for Low-Income Mothers; The Universal Child Benefit and Income-Tax BenefitsChild Support -- Childcare -- Welfare to Paid Work: 'New Deals' for the Unemployable -- The Impact of the European Union -- Conclusion -- 7 Welfare-State Restructuring: The Poverty of Employability -- Introduction -- Cross-National Variations in Welfare States -- Factors Affecting Restructuring -- Conclusion: Towards a Theory of Welfare-State Restructuring -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R; St -- u -- v -- w -- y -- z; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - "Why do some welfare states provide income support for mothers to care for their school-aged children at home while others expect them to find employment when their youngest child is six months old? This study, a fundamental contribution to social policy and social-welfare theory, compares recent efforts to restructure social programs for low-income mothers in four countries: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. While these countries are sometimes classified as 'liberal' welfare states, this book demonstrates that they vary considerably in terms of benefit development, expectations concerning maternal employment, and restructuring processes."--Jacket
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