Reviews of the first edition: '...an excellent introduction to a wide range of topics which should whet the appetite for further reading.' - Community Care '...brings together an extremely readable and intellectually challenging set of readings and enhances the reader's understanding of them significantly by a set of excellent introductions.' - Journal of Social Policy

• Introduction; C.Ungerson & M.KemberPART 1: WOMEN, SOCIAL SECURITY AND CITIZENSHIPIntroduction; C.Ungerson Tracing the Contours of Women's Citizenship; R.Lister Equality, Difference and State Welfare: Labour Market and Family Policies in Sweden; J.Lewis & G.AstromPART 2: WOMEN AND THE LABOUR MARKETIntroduction; M.Kember Women in the Labour Market: Policy in Perspective; A.Dale Part-time Employment and Labour Market Policies; T.Walsh Women and '1992': Integration or Segmentation; G.WhittingPART 3: WOMEN AND CHILD CARE Introduction; M.Kember Government Policy; J.Brannen & P.MossLocational Issues in Childcare Provision; S.BowlbySocial Support for Families; A.Coote, H.Harman & P.Hewitt Families in Dreamland; P.MorganPART 4: LONE MOTHERS Introduction; M.Kember State, Family and Personal Responsibility: the Changing Balance for Lone Mothers in the UK; J.MillarThe Relative Prosperity of French One-Parent Families; J. BakerPART 5: WOMEN AND HOUSING AND PLANNING POLICYIntroduction; C.Ungerson Finding a Home; H.Graham Gender, House and 'Home': Social Meanings and Domestic Architecture in Britain; R.Madigan & M.Munro Safer Cities for Women; S.Trench, T.Oc & S.TiesdellPART 6: WOMEN AND EDUCATIONIntroduction; M.Kember 'Just Three Quiet Girls'; M.Stanworth A Gender Agenda; M.DavidThe New School Governing Bodies: Are Gender and Race on the Agenda?; R.Deem Can the Barriers be Breached? Mature Women's Access to Higher Education; L.SperlingAccess and Assets: the Experience of Mature Mother Students in Higher Education; R.EdwardsPART 7: WOMEN AND HEALTH CARE Introduction; C.Ungerson Maternity Services; House of Commons Select Committee on HealthWomen and Private Medicine; R.Wiles The New Reproductive Technology: Problem or Solution?; J.StricklerPART 8: WOMEN AND THE PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICESIntroduction; C.UngersonThe Restructuring of the Personal Social Services; M.LanganWomen Caring for People: the Mismatch between Rhetoric and Women's Reality?; H.Brown & H.SmithPART 9: WOMEN AND INFORMAL CARE Introduction; C.Ungerson Informal Care-Givers for Elderly People; S.Arber & J.GinnFeminist Research and Informal Care; J.MorrisPayment for Caring: Mapping a Territory; C.Ungerson.