Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context

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Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context

Author	: Shireen Hassim
File Size	: 48,9 Mb
Publisher	: Springer
Language	: English
Release Date	: 27 April 2006
ISBN	: 9780230625280
Pages	: 355 pages

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This book illustrates why both academic research and policy thinking need to factor-in gender hierarchies and structures if they are to address some of the key challenges of contemporary societies: the widespread informality and insecurity of paid work and the crisis of care.

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