Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context Uncovering the Gendered Structure of 'the Social'

This book addresses the central questions of how social and economic rights have been historically constructed and shaped by processes of political change, economic structures and reforms, and institutional design and capacities. These conceptualizations and processes are deeply gendered even in contexts where formal political equality has been won, and while gender is a persistent marker of difference across these regions, it intersects in a variety of ways with other axes of difference such as class, race and age. The book illustrates the importance of thinking beyond states and markets in social provisioning, including in its analysis the interactions between these and other social institutions such as family and community.

Editors' Introduction: Conceptualizing Gender and Social Policy in a Development Context--S.Hassim & S.Razavi * PART 1: HISTORICAL AND REGIONAL TRAJECTORIES IN SOCIAL PROVISIONING * The Adult Worker Model Family, Gender Equality and Care: The Search for New Policy Principles and the Possibilities and Problems of a Capabilities Approach--S.Giullari & J.Lewis * The Evolution of the Women Friendly State: Opportunities and Constraints in the Swedish Welfare State--B.Hobson * Gender and Welfare States in Central Eastern Europe: Family Policy Reforms in Poland and the Czech Republic Compared--S.Steinhilber * Social Policy Responses to Post-industrial Pressures in Japan and South Korea--I.Peng * Social Policy and Women's Economic Citizenship in Iran--V.M.Moghadam * Making Citizenship Meaningful: A Study of the Gendered Nature of Social Welfare in Democratic South Africa--S.Hassim * Gender and the "New Social Policy" in Latin America--M.Molyneux * PART 2: LABOUR MARKET INFORMALITY AND THE SEARCH FOR SOCIAL SECURITY * Labour Market Informalization and Social Policy: Distributional Links and the Case of Homeworkers--L.Beneria & M.S.Floro * Informal Workers' Access to Social Security and Social Protection; F.Lund * PART 3: SOCIAL SECTOR RESTRUCTURING AND GENDER * Gender and Health Sector Reforms--M.Mackintosh & P.Tibandebage * Health Sector Reform in China: Gender, Equality and Social Justice--J.Wang * Secondary Education in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh: An Exploration of Gender Dimensions of State Policy and Practice--J.Jha & R.Subrahmanian * PART 4: FINANCING SOCIAL PROVISIONING * Gendered Implications of Tax Reform in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, and Costa Rica--E.Huber * Expectations versus Realities in Gender-responsive Budget Initiatives--D. Budlender