Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context: Uncovering the Gendered Structure of ‘the Social’

Shireen Hassim and Shahra Razavi

Chapter 1 in Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context, 2006, pp 1-39 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The past decade has witnessed a renewed interest in social policies, and some governments have increased social spending to soften the impacts of economic reform. These changes have come in the wake of widespread realization of the failure of the neoliberal economic model to generate economic growth and dynamism, and to reduce poverty. At the same time, processes of political liberalization have opened spaces for social movements in many parts of the developing world to articulate demands for more effective social policies that mitigate the effects of market failures and reduce inequalities.

Keywords: Labour Market; Social Policy; Gender Equality; Social Protection; Global Context (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230625280_1

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