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Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society Advance Access originally published online on March 30, 2007
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society 2007 14(1):4-30; doi:10.1093/sp/jxm005
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UK Work/Family Balance Policies and Gender Equality, 1997–2005

Jane Lewis1, and Mary Campbell2

1 Jane Lewis is a Professor of Social Policy at the LSE
2 Mary Campbell is a Research Officer in the Department of Social Policy at the LSE

Correspondence: J.Lewis{at}lse.ac.uk

Since 1997, the UK has developed policies to address the issue of work/family balance in the form of childcare services, leaves for childcare, and the right to request flexible working patterns. We examine the policy aims and nature of these different approaches and assess how far they promote gender equality, which we define in terms of the possibility of making a "real" or "genuine" choice for men and women to "work and care."


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