The interplay between gender markets and the state in Sweden Germany and the United States Machine generated contents note: 1 A Theoretical Framework for the Study of the State and Gender Relations 2 Womens Encounter with the State during the Post War Period 3 The Feminisation of the Labour Force and the Withdrawal of Men 4 Gender Segregation in the Swedish German and the American Labour Markets 5 The Shift from the Male Breadwinner Model towards the Dual Breadwinner Model 6 Regimes of Gender Relations