Part I: Dimensions of variation – Mainstream welfare state variations – Gendering dimensions of welfare states – Part II: Bases of entitlement – The male breadwinner model and women’s entitlements as wives – Women’s entitlements as mothers and caregivers – Women’s employment and entitlements as workers – Part III: Stratification and redistributive outcomes – Access to benefits and the stratifying effects of bases of entitlement – Benefit inequalities and redistributive outcomes – Part IV: Welfare state restructuring – Gender equality reforms and their impact – Welfare state retrenchment.
