Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-362) and index.
Contents:
Conclusions: state feminism and state restructuring since the 1990s / Birgit Sauer, Melissa Haussman, Dorothy McBride. Re-evaluating the "heart of society" : family policy in Austria / Birgit Sauer -- Feminism and indigenous rights in Australia in the 1990s / Barbara Sullivan -- Speedy Belgians : the new Nationality Law of 2000 and the impact of the women's movement / Alison E. Woodward -- New federalism and cracked pillars : the Canadian Health Insurance System under the 2000 Romanow Commission and beyond / Melissa Haussman -- Debating day care in Finland in the midst of an economic recession and welfare state down sizing / Terhi Aalto, Anne Maria Holli -- Thirty five hour work week reforms in France, 1997-2000 : strong feminist demands, elite apathy, and disappointing outcomes / Amy G. Mazur -- Women, embryos, and the good society : gendering the bioethics debate in Germany / Kathrin Braun -- Reform of the state in Italy / Marila Guadagnini -- Electoral reform in mid 1990s Japan / Misako Iwamoto -- "Home care gap" : neoliberalism, feminism, and the state in the Netherlands / Jantine Oldersma, Joyce Outshoorn -- Women's movement, state feminism, and unemployment reform in Spain (2002 - 2003) / Celia Valiente -- Debate about care allowance in the light of welfare state reconfiguration / Christina Bergqvist -- UK : reforming the House of Lords / Joni Lovenduski -- Welfare reform : America's hot issue / Dorothy E. McBride -- Conclusions: state feminism and state restructuring since the 1990s / Birgit Sauer, Melissa Haussman, Dorothy McBride.
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