Privatization, Law, and the Challenge to Feminism / / ed. by Brenda Cossman, Judy Fudge.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Condon, Mary,; Cossman, Brenda,; Fudge, Judy,; Gilmour, Joan M.,; Macklin, Audrey,; Martin, Dianne L.,; Mykitiuk, Roxanne,; Philipps, Lisa,
• HerausgeberIn: Cossman, Brenda,; Fudge, Judy,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 p.)

Privatization has caused a large reconfiguration of the relations between the state, the market, and the family in the late twentieth and the early twenty-first centuries, all of which has had a profound effect on the lives of women. This collection of essays address this timely issue by examining eight case studies on the role of law in various arenas such as fiscal and labour market policy, family and immigration law, and laws designed to regulate health services and to prohibit child prostitution. Starting from the shared assumption that privatization signals a transition from welfare state to neo-liberal state, the authors illustrate the role of law in this process, and its impact on women and on the gender order. In doing so, the contributors lay bare the complex interplay between a globalized political economy, social reproduction and legal regulation, providing an important contribution to feminist political theory and legal theory. Of great relevance to political science and law practitioners scholars and students ? especially those interested in the areas of public policy and the state - these essays contribute strongly to debates about gender and will attract a wide feminist audience.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction: Privatization, Law, and the Challenge to Feminism -- PART I. Reproducing the Market -- 1. Tax Law and Social Reproduction: The Gender of Fiscal Policy in an Age of Privatization -- 2. From Segregation to Privatization: Equality, the Law, and Women Public Servants, 1908-2001 -- 3. Privatizing Pension Risk: Gender, Law, and Financial Markets -- PART II. Producing the Social Body -- 4. Family Feuds: Neo-Liberal and Neo Conservative Visions of the Reprivatization Project -- 5. Public Entrance / Private Member -- PART III. The Self-Reliant Citizen: Social Health and Public Order -- 6. Creeping Privatization in Health Care: Implications for Women as the State Redraws Its Role -- 7. Public Bodies, Private Parts: Genetics in a Post-Keynesian Era -- 8. Both Pitied and Scorned: Child Prostitution in an Era of Privatization -- Conclusion: Privatization, Polarization, and Policy: Feminism and the Future -- References