Women and austerity : the economic crisis and the future for gender equality / edited by Maria Karamessini and Jill Rubery.

Other author Karamessini, Maria.
Other author Rubery, Jill.
Format Book
PublicationMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.
Descriptionxxi, 358 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Women--Employment. --United States.
Women--Employment. --Europe.
Sex discrimination against women--United States.
Sex discrimination against women--Europe.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
United States--Social policy. --21st century.
Europe--Social policy. --21st century.

SeriesRoutledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics ; 11
Routledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics ; 11. ^A560877
Contents Introduction: women's vulnerability to recession and austerity / Maria Karamessini -- From "women and recession" to "women and austerity" : a framework for analysis / Jill Rubery -- Challenging the balkanization of gender contracts / Jacqueline O'Reilly and Tiziana Nazio -- Women and men in the "great European recession" / Francesca Bettio and Alina Verashchagina -- Gender impacts of the "great recession" in the United States / Randy Albelda -- Iceland in crisis : gender equality and social equity / Thora Kristin Thorsdóttir 7. Gender, Recession and Austerity in the UK / Jill Rubery and Anthony Rafferty -- The labour market impact of the economic crisis in Hungary through the lens of gender equality / Mária Frey -- Structural crisis and adjustment in Greece : social regression and the challenge to gender equality / Maria Karamessini -- Ireland in crisis 2008-2012 : women, austerity and inequality / Ursula Barry and Pauline Conroy -- Employment and austerity : changing welfare and gender regimes in Portugal / Virgínia Ferreira -- Women, gender equality and the economic crisis in Spain / Elvira González Gago and Marcelo Segales Kirzner -- Living through the crisis in Italy : the labour market experience of men and women / Alina Verashchagina and Marina Capparucci -- Policy in the time of crisis : employment policy and gender equality in Europe / Paola Villa and Mark Smith -- Gender, inequality and the crisis : towards more equitable development / Diane Perrons and Ania Plomien -- Economic crisis and austerity : challenges to gender equality / Maria Karamessini and Jill Rubery.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013004286
ISBN9780415815369 (hardback)
ISBN0415815363 (hardback)
ISBN9780415815376 (pbk.)
ISBN0415815371 (pbk.)

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