Gender, the State, and Social Reproduction

Household Insecurity in Neo-Liberal Times

AvKate Bezanson

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Beskrivning

Policies implemented in the mid to late 1990s in Ontario by Mike Harris's Conservative government have had undeniable repercussions for the population of that province. Kate Bezanson's Gender, the State, and Social Reproduction is the first study to consider the implications of those policies for gender relations - that is, how women and men, families, and households coped with these changes, and how division of labour and standards of living were affected. Bezanson also considers implications of neo-liberalism more generally, for the lives of people living under such regimes. Beginning with an outline of the restructuring experiment which took place under the Conservative government between 1995 and 2000, Bezanson shows how this process dramatically altered the scope of the welfare state, labour market protections and conditions, and the capacity for people to manage and plan their own lives. She combines this detailed investigation of the changes introduced by Harris with data collected in in-depth interviews of selected Ontario households, in order to examine how neo-liberalism affects daily lives, particularly of low income people, and especially of women. Ultimately, Bezanson finds that the neo-liberal restructuring of Ontario in the 1990s consolidated a gender regime that was highly unsustainable for poor households, many of which were lead by women. A controversial and illuminating study, Gender, the State, and Social Reproduction crosses the disciplines of politics, history, gender studies, and sociology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-11-02
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:420
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781442675209
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
Vikt:1 g

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik
Relationer inom Hälsa och familj

Mer om författaren

Kate Bezanson is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Brock University.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Tables and Figures Preface 1 The Neo-liberal Experiment in Ontario, 1995–2000 Conceptual Issues Methodological Issues Outline of the Book 2 Struggles over Social Reproduction in a Neo-liberal Era The Dynamics of Social Reproduction Mediating Social Reproduction Towards a New Gender Order? 3 Legislative and Regulatory Changes in Ontario, 1995–2000 Neo-liberal Reorientations Implementing the Neo-liberal Project in Ontario, 1995–2000 Escalating Tensions in Social Reproduction 4 Putting Together a Living in Ontario in the Late 1990s Overview of Household Incomes, 1997–2000 Income from Labour Market ParticipationIncome from Government Income from Other Sources Putting It All Together 5 Interactive Effects of Social Policy Change on Households Health Care Education and Child Care Social Assistance Housing and Transportation Multiple and Compounding Effects of Policy Change6 Coping Strategies of Low-Income Households Household Division of Labour and Resource Control Coping Strategies Putting Together a Living: A Profile in Coping Coping Consequences 7 Rethinking Welfare State Retrenchment Appendix A 1998 Low Income Cut-Offs (LICOs) Appendix B Selection and Recruitment of Participants Appendix C Detailed Household Structure Appendix D Benchmark Questions Appendix E Speaking Out Research Process Appendix F List of Speaking Out Publications Appendix G Profiles of Participant Households Who Received Social Assistance in the 1990s Notes ReferencesIndex