Feminism, the State and Social Policy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: April 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780312226756
Subjects: Feminism; Social Science; Sociology; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Public Policy - Social Policy; Political Science-Public Policy - Social Policy; Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory; General; Government policy; Women; Women's rights
Description: "This book looks at the engagement of feminist social movements with different states in different societies, the way states influence the emergence of feminist social movements and the form they take. In some areas of policy, there have been huge changes and in others, change has been almost imperceptible. This book explores why it is easier to bring about change in some areas than others. It also asks whether these changes would have happened anyway.

Are they a result of feminist social movements or of changes in economy and society? Or does the answer to this question depend on the society being studied? These issues are explored by comparing feminist social movements, states, and social policy change in Britain, Europe and North America in the last three decades of the 20th century."--BOOK JACKET.