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Feminism, Voluntarism and the Welfare State: Toward a Feminist Sociological Theory of Social Welfare.
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Ostrander, Susan A. – American Sociologist, 1989
Reviews feminist theory and practice, spelling out implications for a feminist theory of social welfare containing both public and private realms. Uses these implications to examine a woman's grassroots voluntary organization that contains possibilities for rethinking societal responses to social welfare needs. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Feminism, Private Agencies, Public Agencies, Social Science Research
A Feminist Critique of Rational-Choice Theories: Implications for Sociology.
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England, Paula – American Sociologist, 1989
Provides a feminist critique of rational-choice theory and the interdisciplinary feminist theories of sociology. Applies the separative model of self to four assumptions of the neoclassical economics version of rational-choice theory. Uses research on marital power to illustrate how removing distorting assumptions can help illuminate sociological…
Descriptors: Economics, Feminism, Interdisciplinary Approach, Marriage