Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Abbreviations xvii
7. The Double-Edged Nature of Women’s Employment Inequality 3
8. Citizenship, Motherhood, and Employment in the Wartime and Welfare States 13
9. The Royal Commission on the Status of Women 26
10. A Just Society? The Trudeau Government’s Response to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women 54
11. Redefining the Issues: Systemic Discrimination and National Child Care Policies in Trudeau’s Final Term 70
12. The Royal Commission on Equality in Employment 97
13. Breaking the Links: The Mulroney Government’s Response to the Royal Commission on Equality in Employment 126
14. Tiny Timid Steps: Employment Equity and Child Care in Mulroney’s Second Term 156
15. Creating Opportunity? The Chrétien Government’s Approach to Employment Equity and Child Care 173
16. Linked Together, Yet Driven Apart 205
17. Research Interviews 216
18. Turning Points in Canadian Policy Development on Women’s Employment Equality and Child Care 220
19. Notes 228
20. Bibliography 277
21. Index 307