Money in Their Own Name: The Feminist Voice in Poverty Debate in Canada, 1970-1995

by Wendy McKeen

In Money In Their Own Name, Wendy McKeen examines the relationship between gender and social policy in Canada from the 1970s to the 1990s. She provides a detailed historical account of the shaping of feminist politics within the field of federal child benefits programs in Canada, and explores the critical issue of why feminists' vision of the 'social individual' failed to flourish.

Canadian social policy, as in most western welfare...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080208544X
• ISBN13: 9780802085443
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"