Driven Apart

Women's Employment Equality and Child Care in Canadian Public Policy

AvAnnis May Timpson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

Annis May Timpson demonstrates how Canadian women's calls for family-friendly employment policies have translated into inaction or inappropriate action on the part of successive federal governments. She focuses on debates, public inquiries, and policy evolution during the Trudeau, Mulroney, and Chrétien eras, contextualizing these developments with a discussion of the changing patterns of women's employment since the Second World War. Drawing on a wealth of interviews and close analysis of primary documents, Driven Apart explains why federal governments have been able to implement employment equity policies but have failed to develop a national system of child care.Driven Apart was selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE and was awarded The Pierre Savard Prize by the International Council for Canadian Studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-02-19
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:620 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:9780774808200
Utmärkelser:Winner of Canadian Women's Studies Association Book Prize 2002-2003

Utforska kategorier

Mikroekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Annis May Timpson is the Director of the Centre for Canadian Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Recensioner i media

[A] meticulously researched and engagingly written book ... Those interested in Canadian politics and administration should find this book as illuminating as those interested in employment policy and in policy issues differentially affecting women. - C. Shrewsbury (Choice)

Innehållsförteckning

TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. The Double-Edged Nature of Women's Employment Inequality2. Citizenship, Motherhood, and Employment in the Wartime and Welfare States3. The Royal Commission on the Status of Women4. A Just Society? The Trudeau Government's Response to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women5. Redefining the Issues: Systemic Discrimination and National Child Care Policies in Trudeau's Final Term6. The Royal Commission on Equality in Employment7. Breaking the Links: The Mulroney Government's Response to the Royal Commission on Equality in Employment8. Tiny Timid Steps: Employment Equity and Child Care in Mulroney's Second Term9. Creating Opportunity? The Chrétien Government's Approach to Employment Equity and Child Care10. Linked Together, Yet Driven ApartAppendicesA. Research InterviewsB. Turning Points in Canadian Policy Development on Women's Employment Equality and Child CareNotesBibliographyIndex