Creating gender; the sexual politics of welfare policy.9781588264886 Creating gender; the sexual politics of welfare policy. Johnson, Cathy Marie et al. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. 2007 262 pages $55.00 Hardcover HV95 Using the example of the adoption and implementation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, known as welfare reform, Johnson (political science, democratic studies, Williams College Williams College, at Williamstown, Mass.; coeducational; chartered 1785, opened as a free school 1791, became a college 1793, named for Ephraim Williams. The Williams campus, noted for its fine old buildings, includes West College (1790), the Van Rensselaer Manor ), Duerst-Lahti (political studies, Beloit College Founding Beloit College, the first post secondary education institution in Wisconsin, was founded by a group called Friends for Education, which was started by seven pioneers from New England who agreed that a college needed to be established soon after arrival in Wisconsin ) and Norton (political science, international relations international relations, study of the relations among states and other political and economic units in the international system. Particular areas of study within the field of international relations include diplomacy and diplomatic history, international law, , U. of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. ) take up the question of how gender is created when policy is made. They consider the ways in which ideas about gender merge or do not merge with liberal-conservative governing gov·ern v. gov·erned, gov·ern·ing, gov·erns v.tr. 1. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; exercise sovereign authority in. 2. ideology. Through their example, the authors demonstrate that the governing ideology is not gender-neutral and that ideas about proper gender arrangements establish a gender ideology. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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