Donna J. Guy, Women Build the Welfare State: Performing Charity and Creating Rights in Argentina, 1880-1955(Durham NC and London: Duke University Press, 2009),

摘要

In this book, Donna J. Guy analyses the role played by female philanthropic groups and feminists in the development of the Argentinian welfare state between 1880 and 1955. Focusing on the activities of these two different groups of women in the field of child welfare programmes and family reform, she argues for the importance of adopting a gendered perspective in the ongoing debates about the historical development of social policy, both in Argentina and in Latin America in general. In addition, she claims that in order to understand the historical process of welfare state formation in Argentina, it is essential to look beyond national policies and to include the local (municipal and provincial) levels of the state.