Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context: Uncovering the Gendered Structure of 'The Social'

LOURDES BENERIA Professor of City and Regional Planning and Women's Studies and Director, International Studies in Planning Programme, Cornell University, USADEBBIE BUDLENDER Specialist Researcher of Social Policy, Community Agency for Social Enquiry (CASE), South AfricaMARIA S. FLORO Associate Professor, Economics Department, American University, USASUSY GIULLARI Former BA Fellow and Research Officer, UKBARBARA HOBSON Professor of Sociology, Stockholm University, SwedenEVELYNE HUBER Morehead Alumni Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USAJYOTSNA JHA Advisor on Gender and Education, Social Transformation Programmes Division, Commonwealth Secretariat, UKJANE LEWIS Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKFRANCES LUND Associate Professor in Social Policy, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaMAUREEN MACKINTOSH Professor of Economics, The Open University, UKVALENTINE M. MOGHADAM Chief of Section, Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO, USAMAXINE MOLYNEUX Professor of Sociology, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, UKITO PENG Associate Professor of Political Sociology and Director, Dr. David Chu Chair Programme in Asia Pacific Studies, University of Toronto, CanadaSILKE STEINHILBER Researcher and Consultant, GermanyRAMYA SUBRAHMANIAN Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UKPAULA TIBANDEBAGE Senior Research Fellow, Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), TanzaniaJUFEN WANG Professor, School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University, China