LOURDES BENERIA Professor of City and Regional Planning and Women's Studies and Director, International Studies in Planning Programme, Cornell University, USADEBBIE BUDLENDER Specialist Researcher of Social Policy, Community Agency for Social Enquiry (CASE), South AfricaMARIA S. FLORO Associate Professor, Economics Department, American University, USASUSY GIULLARI Former BA Fellow and Research Officer, UKBARBARA HOBSON Professor of Sociology, Stockholm University, SwedenEVELYNE HUBER Morehead Alumni Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USAJYOTSNA JHA Advisor on Gender and Education, Social Transformation Programmes Division, Commonwealth Secretariat, UKJANE LEWIS Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKFRANCES LUND Associate Professor in Social Policy, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaMAUREEN MACKINTOSH Professor of Economics, The Open University, UKVALENTINE M. MOGHADAM Chief of Section, Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO, USAMAXINE MOLYNEUX Professor of Sociology, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, UKITO PENG Associate Professor of Political Sociology and Director, Dr. David Chu Chair Programme in Asia Pacific Studies, University of Toronto, CanadaSILKE STEINHILBER Researcher and Consultant, GermanyRAMYA SUBRAHMANIAN Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UKPAULA TIBANDEBAGE Senior Research Fellow, Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), TanzaniaJUFEN WANG Professor, School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University, China

'...an extremely valuable feminist viewpoint on social policy in a global context.' - Diane Perrons, Feminist Economics

• List of Tables List of Figures Preface Notes on Contributors Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context: Uncovering the Rendered Structure of 'the Social'; S.Hassim & S.Razavi PART 1: HISTORICAL AND REGIONAL TRAJECTORIES IN SOCIAL PROVISIONING Mothers at the Service of the New Poverty Agenda: The 'Oportunidades' Programme in Mexico; M.Molyneux Gender and Post-socialist Welfare States in Central Eastern Europe: Family Policy Reforms in Poland and the Czech Republic Compared; S.Steinhilber Maternalist Policies versus Women's Economic Citizenship? Gendered Social Policy in Iran; V.M.Moghadam Gender Equality and Developmental Social Welfare in South Africa; S.Hassim Social Policy Reforms and Gender in Japan and South Korea; I.Peng The Evolution of the Women-Friendly State: Opportunities and Constraints in the Swedish Welfare State; B.Hobson The Adult-Worker-Model Family and Gender Equality: Principles to Enable the Valuing and Sharing of Care; J.Lewis & S.Giullari PART 2: LABOUR-MARKET INFORMALITY AND THE SEARCH FOR SOCIAL SECURITY Labour-Market Informalization, Gender and Social Protection: Reflections on Poor Urban Households in Bolivia ad Ecuador; L.Benería & M.S.Floro Working People and Access to Social Protection; F.Lund PART 3: GENDER DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL-SECTOR RESTRUCTURING Gender and Health Sector Reform: Analytical Perspectives on African Experience; M.Mackintosh & P.Tibandebage Health-Sector Reform in China: Gender Equality and Social Justice; J.Wang Secondary Education in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh: Gender Dimensions of State Policy and Practice; J.Jha & R.Subrahmanian PART 4: FINANCING SOCIAL PROVISIONING AND COUNTING IN WOMEN Gendered Implications of Tax Reform in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Jamaica; E.Huber Expectations versus Realities in Gender-responsive Budget Initiatives; D.Budlender Index