Engendering the State : Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Cultural Context of the Canadian Welfare State -- 1 The Evangelical Morphology of the State and the Redefinition of the Patriarchal Family -- 2 'While the Breadwinners Are at War': Gender and Social Policy, 1914-1918 -- 3 'A Peaceful Evolution of Industrial Citizenship': Maternalism, National Efficiency, and the Movement for Mothers' Allowances -- 4 Mothers' Allowances and the Regulation of the Family Economy -- 5 Dismantling the Maternalist State: Labour, Social Work, and Social Catholicism Debate Family Policy, 1926-1930 -- 6 'Not Only a Living Wage, but a Family Wage': The Great Depression and the Subversion of the Maternalist State -- 7 Reconstructing Families: Family Allowances and the Politics of Postwar Abundance -- Conclusion: 'The Endangered Family' -- Notes -- Primary Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

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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