Women's work is never done : comparative studies in caregiving, employment, and social policy reform

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First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Abstract: Women's Work is Never Done adds a new dimension to the important public discussion of women's status as citizens, disparities in welfare reform and poverty in a globalized world.  Read more... Content: Normative concepts in Dutch policies on work and care / Selma Sevenhuijsen -- It's no longer just about race : social constructions of American citizenship in the Moynihan report / Dionne Bensonsmith -- Paying for caring : the gendering consequences of European care allowances for the frail elderly / Jane Jenson -- Poverty, social assistance, and the employability of mothers in four Commonwealth countries / Maureen Baker -- Road-testing the third way : single mothers and welfare reform during the Clinton, Chrétien, and Blair years / Sylvia Bashevkin -- Violating women : rights abuses in the American welfare police state / Gwendolyn Mink -- Mandatory "marriage" or obligatory waged work : social assistance and single mothers in Wisconsin and Ontario / Leah F. Vosko.