Engendering the State: Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada

Engendering the State: Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada
ISBN-10
0802083218
ISBN-13
9780802083210
Category
History
Pages
486
Language
English
Published
2000-01-01
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Author
Nancy Christie

Description

The development of the modern social security state in Canada saw an ideological shift away from the mother and welfare entitlements based on family reproduction, and toward state policies that promoted men's paid labour in the workplace.

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