State intervention and the west's long depression -- The state and neoliberalism -- Capital dependency: the high flyers -- Labour markets in Britain and USA -- The rise in state-dependent employment: the education sector -- The rise in state-dependent employment: health and social care -- 'Buy...

With the full effects of the Great Recession still unfolding, this collection of essays analyses the gendered economic impacts of the crisis. The volume, from an international set of contributors, argues that gender-differentiated economic roles and responsibilities within households and markets...