Product Description: Thoroughly updated in this second edition, Introduction to Gender offers an interdisciplinary approach to the main themes and debates in gender studies. This comprehensive and contemporary text explores the idea of gender from the perspectives of history, sociology, social policy, anthropology, psychology, politics, pedagogy and geography and considers issues such as health and illness, work, family, crime and violence, and culture and media...read more

Product Description: This book provides an accessible engaging account of childcare policies in Britain and beyond. In examining the progress of women's initiatives and childcare, Marchbank considers subjects including: the history of childcare policy, particularly during the Second World Warchildcare policy and women's economic activity across the ECdetailed case studies of policy making in practicethe covert and overt barriers to equality-based policy makingsuccessful strategies and counter-strategies for policy makers and campaigners...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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