Sociology 304

Issues in Modern Sociological Theory

Winter 1998

Second Paper - Due March 12, 1998

The paper is to be between five and ten double-spaced pages in length. If you consult sources other than Folbre, make sure that they are properly referenced. If all the references are to Folbre, just make sure that you mention the page numbers for specific references or quotes.

Topic

The topic is to write a paper on some part of the historical experiences discussed in the last half of Folbre, Who Pays for the Kids? or on a related topic from Canada. The paper should show how some ideas from the feminist approach developed by Folbre (see p. 49 for a summary of this approach) can help explain and interpret the historical experiences. Also critique the approach of Folbre where you find it may be incomplete or inadequate.

As examples, the paper could:

• Discuss the development of social welfare policy in one of the regions.
• Compare the factors associated with the decline of fertility in two of the regions.
• Examine how feminist movements have affected the status of women in one or more of the regions.
• Examine some aspects of social welfare policy or the condition of children in Canada. As an examples you could write a paper discussing one of family allowances or the child tax credit, unemployment and employment insurance, medical care programs, child poverty, the effects of feminist movements, or changes in fertility in Canada.

Handed out on February 10, 1998. Last edited on February 9, 1998.

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