Changing relations of welfare : family, gender and migration in Britain and Scandinavia

✍ Scribed by Janet Fink; Åsa Lundqvist

• Publisher: Ashgate
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 212
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Contents: Introduction, Janet Fink and Asa Lundqvist; Part I Family, Gender Relations and the Welfare State: Overshadowed by the male breadwinner: care in 20th-century Britain, Hilary Land; Competing meanings of gender equality: family, marriage and tax law in 20th-century Denmark, Anna-Birte Ravn and Bente Rosenbeck; The institutionalization of family and gender equality policies in the Swedish welfare state, Asa Lundqvist and Christine Roman; Paradoxes of gender and marital status in mid-20th century British welfare, Janet Fink and Katherine Holden. Part II Gender, Migration and Social Inequalities: Migration, family and British social policy in the late 20th century: British Pakistani perspectives, Kaveri Harris and Alison Shaw; The multicultural challenge to the Danish welfare state: tensions between gender equality and diversity, Birte Siim and Anette Borchorst; Postcolonial encounters: migrant women and Swedish midwives, Diana Mulinari; Afterword, Janet Fink and Asa Lundqvist; Index

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Abbreviations......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 14
1 Introduction......Page 16
Part I: Family, Gender Relations and the Welfare State......Page 30
2 Overshadowed by the Male Breadwinner: Care in 20th Century Britain......Page 32
3 Competing Meanings of Gender Equality: Family, Marriage and Tax Law in 20th Century Denmark......Page 54
4 The Institutionalization of Family and Gender Equality Policies in the Swedish Welfare State......Page 80
5 Paradoxes of Gender and Marital Status in mid-20th Century British Welfare......Page 102
Part II: Gender, Migration and Social Inequalities......Page 124
6 Migration, Family and British Social Policy in the Late 20th Century......Page 126
7 The Multicultural Challenge to the Danish Welfare State: Tensions between Gender Equality......Page 148
8 Postcolonial Encounters: Migrant Women and Swedish Midwives......Page 170
9 Afterword......Page 194
Index......Page 204