Gender, the State, and Social Reproduction: Household Insecurity in Neo-Liberal Times

Abstract

List of Tables and Figures Preface 1 The Neo-liberal Experiment in Ontario, 1995?2000 * Conceptual Issues * Methodological Issues * Outline of the Book 2 Struggles over Social Reproduction in a Neo-liberal Era * The Dynamics of Social Reproduction * Mediating Social Reproduction * Towards a New Gender Order? 3 Legislative and Regulatory Changes in Ontario, 1995?2000 * Neo-liberal Reorientations * Implementing the Neo-liberal Project in Ontario, 1995?2000 * Escalating Tensions in Social Reproduction 4 Putting Together a Living in Ontario in the Late 1990s * Overview of Household Incomes, 1997?2000 * Income from Labour Market Participation * Income from Government * Income from Other Sources * Putting It All Together 5 Interactive Effects of Social Policy Change on Households * Health Care * Education and Child Care * Social Assistance * Housing and Transportation * Multiple and Compounding Effects of Policy Change 6 Coping Strategies of Low-Income Households * Household Division of Labour and Resource Control * Coping Strategies * Putting Together a Living: * A Profile in Coping Coping Consequences 7 Rethinking Welfare State Retrenchment Appendix A 1998 Low Income Cut-Offs (LICOs) Appendix B Selection and Recruitment of Participants Appendix C Detailed Household Structure Appendix D Benchmark Questions Appendix E Speaking Out Research Process Appendix F List of Speaking Out Publications Appendix G Profiles of Participant Households Who Received Social Assistance in the 1990s Notes References Index

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