Incomplete Revolution Adapting Welfare States to Women's New Roles

Name: Incomplete Revolution Adapting Welfare States to Women's New Roles
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ISBN: 9780745643168

ISBN-10: 0745643167

ISBN-13: 9780745643168

Edition: 2009

Authors: Gosta Esping-Andersen

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Our future depends very much on how we respond to three great challenges of the new century, all of which threaten to increase social inequality: first, how we adapt institutions to the new role of women - the lsquo;incomplete revolution' of our time; second, how we prepare our children for the knowledge economy; and, third, how we respond to the new demography, in particular low fertility and an ageing population.In this new book Goslash;sta Esping-Andersen - the leading analyst of the welfare state - examines how different societies have responded to these challenges. It focuses especially on the quest for gender equality, on the role of families in the reproduction of social…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 7/24/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



List of illustrations


Acknowledgements


Introduction



The Challenges



Families and the Revolution in Women's Roles



The New Inequalities



Welfare State Adaptation



Adapting Family Policy to the Female Revolution



Investing in Children and Equalizing Life Chances



Ageing and Equity


An Afterword


References


Name Index


Subject Index