Silke Staab is a research specialist at UN Women in New York, USA. She holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Manchester, UK. Her work on gender, politics and social policy has been published in journals like Social Politics, Development and Change, and Third World Quarterly. She is also co-editor of Global Variations in Political and Social Economy of Care (with S. Razavi, 2013).

• List of tables.- List of figures.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- List of acronyms.- Introduction.- Chapter 1: Gender, Politics and Social Policy: A Feminist Institutionalist Perspective.- Chapter 2: (En)gendering Change in a Highly Constrained Setting.- Chapter 3: Health Reform (2002-2004).- Chapter 4: Pension Reform (2008).- Chapter 5: The Expansion of Childcare Services (2006-2010).- Chapter 6: Maternity Leave Reform (2011).- Chapter 7: Gender and the Politics of Gradual Change. Bibliography.- Index.

Silke Staab is a research specialist at UN Women in New York, USA. She holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Manchester, UK. Her work on gender, politics and social policy has been published in journals like Social Politics, Development and Change, and Third World Quarterly. She is also co-editor of Global Variations in Political and Social Economy of Care (with S. Razavi, 2013).

• List of tables.- List of figures.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- List of acronyms.- Introduction.- Chapter 1: Gender, Politics and Social Policy: A Feminist Institutionalist Perspective.- Chapter 2: (En)gendering Change in a Highly Constrained Setting.- Chapter 3: Health Reform (2002-2004).- Chapter 4: Pension Reform (2008).- Chapter 5: The Expansion of Childcare Services (2006-2010).- Chapter 6: Maternity Leave Reform (2011).- Chapter 7: Gender and the Politics of Gradual Change. Bibliography.- Index.

Silke Staab is a research specialist at UN Women in New York, USA. She holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Manchester, UK. Her work on gender, politics and social policy has been published in journals like Social Politics, Development and Change, and Third World Quarterly. She is also co-editor of Global Variations in Political and Social Economy of Care (with S. Razavi, 2013).

• List of tables.- List of figures.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- List of acronyms.- Introduction.- Chapter 1: Gender, Politics and Social Policy: A Feminist Institutionalist Perspective.- Chapter 2: (En)gendering Change in a Highly Constrained Setting.- Chapter 3: Health Reform (2002-2004).- Chapter 4: Pension Reform (2008).- Chapter 5: The Expansion of Childcare Services (2006-2010).- Chapter 6: Maternity Leave Reform (2011).- Chapter 7: Gender and the Politics of Gradual Change. Bibliography.- Index.