Engendering The State: Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada

Nancy Christie

Published by University of Toronto Press 2000

Engendering The State

Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada

Nancy Christie

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442674479

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The development of the modern social security state in Canada saw an ideological shift away from the mother and welfare entitlements based on family reproduction, and toward state policies that promoted men’s paid labour in the workplace.

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Christie Nancy :

Nancy Christie is the J.B. Smallman Chair in the Department of History at the University of Western Ontario.

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'This well-researched study is rich in detailed description, filled with interesting case studies that illustrate the impact of patriarchal ideology and gender inequality. Christie makes a major contribution to the fields of gender and family studies, public policy, labour history, and political sociology.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction: The Cultural Context of the Canadian Welfare State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 The Evangelical Morphology of the State and the Redefinition of the Patriarchal Family Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2 ‘While the Breadwinners Are at War’: Gender and Social Policy, 1914–1918 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
3 ‘A Peaceful Evolution of Industrial Citizenship’: Maternalism, National Efficiency, and the Movement for Mothers’ Allowances Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
4 Mothers’ Allowances and the Regulation of the Family Economy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
5 Dismantling the Maternalist State: Labour, Social Work, and Social Catholicism Debate Family Policy, 1926–1930 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
6 ‘Not Only a Living Wage, but a Family Wage’: The Great Depression and the Subversion of the Maternalist State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
7 Reconstructing Families: Family Allowances and the Politics of Postwar Abundance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Conclusion: ‘The Endangered Family’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	310
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
Primary Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	435
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	441

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 480

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Published: May 26, 2000
ISBN: 9781442674479