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Résumé:
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Economic globalization and neo-liberalism have led to the restructuring of the labour market and the dismantling of the welfare state in Canada. The erosion of the Canadian welfare state and the changing labour market have had significant impacts on the lives of Canadian women, men and children. This thesis explores the gendered impacts of globalization and economic restructuring on Canadians in the labour market and the welfare state. We will demonstrate the existence of gender inequalities in the Canadian welfare state and assess the gendered effects of globalization on social citizenship rights in Canada. This thesis will review the Employment Insurance and the Canada Health and Social Transfer programs and will argue that women, in particular, have felt the adverse effects of cutbacks in these welfare state programs and that globalization has thus further intensified the inequalities between women and men. A feminist agenda of initiatives to counter the destructive effects of globalization and economic restructuring is explored. |
