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DRIVEN APART
WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY AND CHILD CARE IN CANADIAN PUBLIC POLICY |
| By: |
Annis May Timpson |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£29.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774808217 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774808217 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2002 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Description: |
The author demonstrates how calls for family-friendly employment policies have met with inappropriate action on the part of successive governments. The text explains why federal governments have been able to implement employment equity policies, but failed to develop a national child care system. |
| Synopsis: |
Annis May Timpson demonstrates how Canadian women's calls forfamily-friendly employment policies have translated into inaction orinappropriate action on the part of successive federal governments. Shefocuses on debates, public inquiries, and policy evolution during theTrudeau, Mulroney, and Chretien eras, contextualizing thesedevelopments with a discussion of the changing patterns of women'semployment since the Second World War. Drawing on a wealth ofinterviews and close analysis of primary documents, DrivenApart explains why federal governments have been able to implementemployment equity policies but have failed to develop a national systemof child care.Driven Apart was selected as an Outstanding Academic Titleby CHOICE and was awarded The Pierre Savard Prize by the InternationalCouncil for Canadian Studies. |
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Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine 2002 (United States)
Winner of Pierre Savard Prize, International Council for Canadian Studies
Winner of CWSA Book Prize, Canadian Women's Studies Association 2002 (Canada) |
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