Gender & the Law, Civil Rights - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
In this book, signifiers such as gender, worker and family are unpacked and suggestions are made as to how common usage of these signifiers reinforce existing practices and act as barriers to change. Some of these changes are legal, others are social and others are driven by political and policy agendas. By looking at five areas: equal opportunity law, family law, industrial relations law, social welfare law and taxation law, which are all profoundly gendered, the author examines ways in which men and women see their roles and choices and how these are related to the state, as citizens.Synopsis
Focusing on Australia, but using comparative data from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Sweden, Berns (law, Griffith U., Australia) examines the "gendering of gender" in political and legal systems and its impact on peoples lives. She concentrates on the areas of equal opportunity law, family law, industrial relations law, social welfare law, and taxation law in her exploration of how constructions of definitions of gender, worker, and family change political and legal regimes. She is also greatly concerned with the way the changing regimes affect issues of inequality. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
Book Details
Published
November 1, 2002
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Limited
Pages
232
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780754623038