Gender and welfare in Mexico
Subtitle: the consolidation of a postrevolutionary state
By: Nichole Sanders
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780271048871
Subjects: Politics and government; Welfare state; Social policy; Public welfare; History
Description: "Examines the political and social influences behind the creation of the postrevolutionary Mexican welfare state in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Gender, race, and the Pan-American Child Congresses; title: Welfare reform in Mexico: stabilizing the family; title: Single mothers and the state; title: The postwar years: disease eradication, sanitation, and development; title: The rise of social work in Mexico.