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Women and Social Policy

A Reader

  • Textbook
  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Clare Ungerson
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Part of the book series: Women in Society (WOSO)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Women and Social Security

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A. Motherhood

      1. Introduction
        • Clare Ungerson
        Pages 3-8
      2. The Introduction of Family Allowances: an Act of Historic Justice?
        • Hilary Land
        Pages 9-29
      3. Family Allowance
        • Clare Ungerson
        Pages 30-32
      4. The Wrong Rats
        • ZoË Fairbairns
        Pages 33-43

    3. B. Marriage

      1. Introduction
        • Clare Ungerson
        Pages 44-49
      2. Who Still Cares for the Family? Recent Developments in Income Maintenance
        • Hilary Land
        Pages 50-62
      3. The Cohabitation Rule — Why It Makes Sense
        • ZoË Fairbairns
        Pages 63-74
      4. The Cohabitation Rule
        • David Donnison
        Pages 75-81

  3. Women and Housing Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Introduction

      • Clare Ungerson
      Pages 85-90

    3. A Woman’s Place: a Feminist Approach to Housing in Britain

      • Helen Austerberry, Sophie Watson
      Pages 91-108

    4. The Women’s Room

      • Marilyn French
      Pages 109-111

    5. Housework in a Slum

      • Ken Coates, Richard Silburn
      Pages 112-115

  4. Women and Education Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Introduction

      • Clare Ungerson
      Pages 119-123

    3. State Policy and Ideology in the Education of Women 1944–1980

      • Rosemary Deem
      Pages 124-136

    4. ‘Just Three Quiet Girls’

      • Michelle Stanworth
      Pages 137-145

  5. Women and Health Care Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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