Readership: Scholars and students of Political Science, Public Policy, Sociology, Gender Studies and Social Policy, comparative politics and policy analysts.
Edited by Diane Sainsbury, Acting Professor of Political Science, University of Stockholm
Part I. Gender Inequality and Welfare State Regimes 1: Jet Bussemaker and Kees van Kersbergen: Contemporary Social Capitalist Welfare States and Gender Inequality 2: Julia S. OConnor: Employment Equality Strategies in Liberal Welfare States 3: Diane Sainsbury: Gender and Social Democratic Welfare States Part II. The Gendered Impact of Policies Across Welfare States 4: Marcia K. Meyers, Janet C. Gornick, and Kathrin Ross: Public Childcare, Parental Leave, and Employment 5: Majella Kilkey and Jonathan Bradshaw: Lone Mothers, Economic Well-being and Policies 6: Diane Sainsbury: Taxation, Family Responsibilities, and Employment 7: Gender Equality in the Labour Market Part III. Gender Regimes and Welfare State Regimes 8: Diane Sainsbury: Gender, Policy Regimes and Politics
