Gender equality in context : policies and practices in Switzerland /
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| Imprint: | Opladen, Germany ; Toronto : Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2016. ©2016 |
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| Description: | 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Map Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10494912 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- Gender equality: Policies and practices in Switzerland
- 2. Gender equality policies and their implementation
- Comparing governance regimes for equal opportunities: Federal administrations as employers in Switzerland, Germany and Austria
- Whose welfare - whose autonomy? Welfare, work and care in social investment practice
- Violence against women - an indicator of gender equality?!
- Gender equality and evidence-based policy making: Experiences from social transfer and tax policy reforms
- 3. Interdependencies between gender and other categories of social inequality
- Varieties of childcare policies in Swiss municipalities: Bounded possibilities for gender equality and social cohesion
- Configurating the positions of unemployed women: Professional practices in social welfare
- 4. Gender equality in education, work and family
- Wage discrimination at career entry in Switzerland: Reasons and implications
- Cantonal patterns of gender-specific time-inequalities in paid and unpaid work: Empirical results and political-institutional conclusions
- Child care services - A relevant policy tool to enhance gender equality?
- Care and education? Exploring the gendered rhythms and routines of childcare work
- 5. Postscriptum
- Resisting change: A critical analysis of media responses to research on gender equality
- About the authors
- About the editors
