Gender and the Politics of Gradual Change

Download or read book Gender and the Politics of Gradual Change written by Silke Staab and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores recent social policy reforms and innovations in Chile. Focusing on four major reform episodes — health, pensions, childcare, and maternity leave — Silke Staab unveils the complex interplay of factors that have shaped the successes and failures of actors pursuing positive gender change in social policy. She shows that even in highly constrained settings positive gender change is possible, but that its scope and quality are bound to vary in response to sector-specific institutional constraints and opportunities.