state vs market

• most European countries follow which gender regime?


  individualistic
• conflict


  -state provision is costly

  -there's rising conflict over who should receive it and who should pay

  -so the March of Progress view isn't entirely inevitable
• feminist view


  -since the 2008 global recession there's been cutbacks in government spending

  -led to pressure on women to take more responsibility in caring for family

  -the state retreats from providing welfare
• neo-liberal welfare policies 


  -individuals & families encouraged to use the market rather than the state to meet their needs

  > private pension provision

  > private care of the old