Handbook on Gender and Social Policy

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Handbook on Gender and Social Policy is written by Sheila Shaver and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1785367161 (ISBN 10) and 9781785367168 (ISBN 13).

Providing a state of the art overview, this comprehensive Handbook is an essential introduction to the subject of Gender and Social Policy. Bringing together original contributions and research from leading researchers it covers the theoretical perspectives of the field, the central policy terrain of gender inequalities of income, employment and care, and family policy. Examining gender and social policy at both the regional and national level, the Handbook is an excellent resource for advanced students and scholars of sociology, political science, women’s studies, policy studies as well as practitioners seeking to understand how gender shapes the contours of social policy and politics.