Sophie Watson is Professor of Urban Culture in the Department of Cultural Studies, University of East London. She was formerly Professor in the School of Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. Recent publications include: Surface City: Sydney at the millennium (with P. Murphy), Postmodern Cities and Spaces (edited with K. Gibson) and Metropolis Now (edited with K. Gibson).Lesley Doyal is Professor in Health and Social Care at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol.

"This is stirring material, even inspirational...the book is well worth reading"- British Journal of Educational Studies

• Engendering social policyan introductionThe changing worlds of work and familiesSex, Gender and Healtha new approachCity a/genders'She's there for me'caring in a rural communityChild protection policy and practicewomen in the frontlineThe criminalization of female povertyDomestic violence policy in the 1990sFatherhood, children and violenceMainstreaming equality'Dangerous and different'reconstructions of madness in the 1990s and the role of mental health policyReferences.

Sophie Watson is Professor of Urban Culture in the Department of Cultural Studies, University of East London. She was formerly Professor in the School of Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. Recent publications include: Surface City: Sydney at the millennium (with P. Murphy), Postmodern Cities and Spaces (edited with K. Gibson) and Metropolis Now (edited with K. Gibson).Lesley Doyal is Professor in Health and Social Care at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol.

"This is stirring material, even inspirational...the book is well worth reading"- British Journal of Educational Studies

• Engendering social policyan introductionThe changing worlds of work and familiesSex, Gender and Healtha new approachCity a/genders'She's there for me'caring in a rural communityChild protection policy and practicewomen in the frontlineThe criminalization of female povertyDomestic violence policy in the 1990sFatherhood, children and violenceMainstreaming equality'Dangerous and different'reconstructions of madness in the 1990s and the role of mental health policyReferences.