Gender equality in public services chasing the dream
The provision of state funded and democratically accountable care services represents one of the most potentially transformative advances in gendered social relations and equality for women by 'defamilizing' care and providing paid work. But the cost of providing these services, which wome...
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Oxon, UK New York, NY
Routledge
2015
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction 2. Women's Equality and the Welfare State - Contradictory political landscapes 3. Dreams and Visions of Feminist Equality in the Local State 4. Translating Dreams into Practice: Practitioner reflections 5. Implementing the Gender Equality Duty - Looking through the window of opportunity 6. Chasing the Dream: Feminists and researchers creating spaces for change Case Studies: 1. Modernisation and mainstreaming: gender equality by performance management 2. Feminist leadership, precarious progress: from feminist social justice to privatisation and outsourcing 3. Belief not duty: leading gender equality and diversity within partnerships and with local communities 4. Promoting women's equality through collaborative feminist leadership 5. Balancing intersectionality, 'cohesion' and cuts