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Women's Equality, Demography and Public Policies

A Comparative Perspective

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  • © 1993

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  1. Alena Heitlinger

    1. Trent University, Canada

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Women’s Equality, Childbearing and the State: An Overview

    1. Women’s Equality, Childbearing and the State: An Overview

      • Alena Heitlinger
      Pages 1-21

  3. Women’s Equality and Women’s Policy Machinery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Models of Women’s Equality: From Equal Treatment to Positive Action

      • Alena Heitlinger
      Pages 25-50

    3. International Women’s Policy Machinery

      • Alena Heitlinger
      Pages 51-77

    4. National Women’s Policy Machinery: Canada, Australia and Great Britain

      • Alena Heitlinger
      Pages 78-117

  4. Demography

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Pronatalism and Women’s Equality Policies

      • Alena Heitlinger
      Pages 121-142

    3. Immigration as Substitution for Higher Birth Rates and Pronatalism

      • Alena Heitlinger
      Pages 143-166

  5. Egalitarian Components of Demographic Policies or Demographic Implications of Policies Pursuing Women’s Equality: Canada, Australia and Great Britain Compared

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Protective Legislation and Equal Employment Opportunity

      • Alena Heitlinger
      Pages 169-189

    3. Maternity and Parental Leaves and Benefits Programmes

      • Alena Heitlinger
      Pages 190-220

    4. Childcare Policies and Programmes

      • Alena Heitlinger
      Pages 221-260

    5. Fiscal Support for Parents and their Children

      • Alena Heitlinger
      Pages 261-292

    6. Conclusion

      • Alena Heitlinger
      Pages 293-311

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 312-383
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This book assesses the comparability between policies promoting women's equality and the reversal of fertility decline. Based on comparative data from Canada, Australia, Britain, and to a more limited extent the USA, Alena Heitlinger examines the impact of major international instruments promoting women's equality, and national similarities and differences in women's policy machinery, provision for maternity and childcare, fiscal assistance for families with children, and the costs and benefits of fertility-related measures vis - vis immigration related measures.

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  • Trent University, Canada

    Alena Heitlinger

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