%0 Thesis %1 Bolzendahl2006Gender %A Bolzendahl, Catherine %C Ann Arbor %D 2006 %K 2006 Capitalist Democracies FDZ_IUP Gender_resources ISSP ISSP_input2016 Social_sciences Social_structure Sociology Welfare checked english input2016 isspbib2016 phdthesis welfare_state %P 407-407 p. %T Gender resources and welfare state development in 12 capitalist democracies %X The welfare state perspective provides key insights into the sources and mechanisms of inequality, and has more recently begun to address questions about the effect of welfare states on gender-related outcomes. However, the evaluation of gender as a potential mechanism behind welfare state development is less developed. To address this gap, I develop a theory of gender resources for welfare state development, and test and evaluate measures and hypotheses related to this theory. The main focus is on the results of cross-sectional time-series analyses in 12 capitalist democracies since 1980. Using these models, I evaluate the importance of gender influences in the dimensions of state, market , and family . I find that increased proportions of women in national legislatures and the labor force, and lower marriage rates increase overall social spending. In particular, there is a greater effect of gender resources on social services spending (e.g., childcare), rather than cash transfer spending (e.g., pensions). More established measures of welfare state development behave conversely. In this way, changing gender relations affect the size and the scope of welfare states. Among differing domains of social spending, the effect of the percent of women in the labor force is large, but the percent of women in legislature has the most consistent effect. I explore the sources of women in legislature using a combination macro and micro analyses. The macro results show that women's presence in legislature is affected by the percent of women in the labor force and the fertility rate. The micro results indicate that gender ideology, (previously shown to affect the number of women elected) is split by strong gender and age cleavages, suggesting ideology has a variable effect. I supplement quantitative analyses with a qualitative focus on the U.S., Germany, and Sweden through a historical review of women's involvement in social policy, and interview data collected from members of national legislature each nation. Most members of legislature point to gender differences in policy goals and/or political styles. As a whole, this dissertation provides strong evidence for the inclusion of gender in models and theories of welfare state development. %@ 9780542653599

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