This important interdisciplinary 1999 volume explores what might constitute a feminist approach to institutional design and reshaping. What is the scope, it asks, in contemporary Australian society, for ensuring that institutions acknowledge gender difference and deliver more equitable outcomes? This feminist perspective on institutional design shows how gendered regulatory norms underpin and intersect with all other institutional settings. The leading team of writers includes Deborah Mitchell, Bettina Cass, Chilla Bulbeck, ...
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This important interdisciplinary 1999 volume explores what might constitute a feminist approach to institutional design and reshaping. What is the scope, it asks, in contemporary Australian society, for ensuring that institutions acknowledge gender difference and deliver more equitable outcomes? This feminist perspective on institutional design shows how gendered regulatory norms underpin and intersect with all other institutional settings. The leading team of writers includes Deborah Mitchell, Bettina Cass, Chilla Bulbeck, Carol Bacchi and Joan Eveline. Topics discussed include: institutions, embodiment and sexual difference; the welfare state; housing policy; household work; republicanism and citizenship; gender-based discrimination. This book makes a major contribution to debates about the reshaping of our institutions as we move towards the twenty-first century.
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Near Fine. No Jacket. 214 pp. A fine copy in blue cloth. No dust jacket. Minimal edgewear. Pencil notes on title page and blank areas of chapter headers. Otherwise, unmarked and clean. Small barcode sticken on rear board.
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New. Trade paperback (US). 236 p. Reshaping Australian Institutions . 7 Tables, unspecified; 3 Line drawings, unspecified. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Intended for college/higher education audience.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Line drawings, Tables. Reshaping Australian Institutions . 3 b/w illus. 7 tables. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.