Introduction 1. Woman's Place in Man's Life Cycle 2. Images of Relationship 3. Concepts of Self and Morality 4. Crisis and Transition 5. Women's Rights and Women's Judgment 6. Visions of Maturity References Index of Study Participants General Index

In a Different Voice. Psychological Theory and Women’s Development. Cambridge, MA (Harvard University Press) 1982.

Moral Boundaries: A Political Argument for an Ethic of Care

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Citizenship and the Ethics of Care: Feminist Considerations on Justice, Morality and Politics

Book Review: Maternal Thinking: Towards a Politics of Peace

In this monograph, we present a collection of papers from the ANZSOG conference on collaboration held in 2007. We have been able to draw on a range of perspectives – practitioner and scholarly – to offer a collection focused on the issue of collaborative governance in Australia. Our contributors consider the drivers, challenges, prospects and promises of collaboration, from a conceptual and a practical perspective. We believe this provides a rich resource for readers who are interested in the issue of collaboration in the public sector, and more specifically in public policy.Throughout the monograph, our contributors draw on their personal experience, their research and their visions for change to offer important insights into the potential of collaboration and the fiercely stubborn impediments to this ideal. You will note that there are differences of opinion, which, of course, are to be expected; we hope they will help in feeding the continuing debate about collaborative governance.We have organised the monograph in four key sections. In the first, ‘Setting the scene’, there are six chapters, which provide an introduction for readers to a range of issues including the dimensions and drivers of collaboration, why governments are interested in collaboration, the Australian experience, the notions of collaborative advantage and collaborative inertia, what is meant by success in collaboration and the role of the community sector in collaborative governance.In the second part, ‘The reality of collaboration’, we draw on the experience and research of experts to consider success, failure, challenges and questions that arise from attempts at collaboration. In the eight chapters in this section, a range of examples is provided by the authors and many point to traps and lessons that will be of considerable interest and value to readers.In the third part, ‘Collaboration abroad’, there are two chapters that provide an international perspective. Drawing on experience and research in the United Kingdom and British Columbia, in Canada, the authors in this section give us a window into developments in other parts of the world, offering promise and words of warning.In the final part, ‘Collaboration: rhetoric and reality’, the concluding chapter of the monograph seeks to examine the reality of collaboration in public policy. In this chapter, the author questions whether there is much evidence of true collaboration, raising the possibility that all the collaborative talk has yet to translate into much collaborative action.Together, these sections offer readers the opportunity to consider collaborative governance in public policy from a range of perspectives, and to engage in the current debate about the value of collaboration.One of the most important changes since the conference is, of course, the change of government and, along with many of our readers, we are keen to observe what will happen under the leadership of the new Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. There is certainly a lot of talk, especially about intergovernmental collaboration, but will the Rudd Government be able to ‘walk-the-walk’? Only time will tell.We thank all of our contributors for their efforts in preparing their chapters for the monograph, in particular Peter Shergold, who was prepared to write a postscript after his move from the public service to academia. We especially thank John Butcher who, as usual, works tirelessly to ensure that the ANZSOG monographs are of the highest possible quality.

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Collaborative Governance: A new era of public policy in Australia?

Although governing in Canada is in transition towards a model of horizontal “governance” that emphasizes collaboration with a variety of non-governmental actors, the contracting culture and its associated accountability regime remain a legacy of “new public management.” As part of this transition, however, contracting is being used not only as a means to control performance but also as a governance tool to guide the development of more collaborative relationships between government as a whole and entire sectors. In its relationship with the voluntary sector, the Government of Canada is caught in these contradictory trends - between the control of contracting and the collaboration inherent in a governance contract. This article first examines the impact on voluntary organizations of the very stringent federal rneasures over contribution agreements that were brought in as a reaction to crisis in 2000. The effects are found to be significant and overwhelmingly negative, imposing direct financial costs on voluntary organizations and stifling innovation. The authors then consider whether the implementation of the Accord Between the Government of Canada and the Voluntary Sector and its Code of Good Practice on Funding might mitigate the negative effects of these accountability measures.



Sommaire: S'il est vrai que le Canada s'oriente vers un modele de « gouvemance horizontale « privilegiant la collaboration avec differents acteurs non-gouvernementaux, la culture de marches (contrats) et le regime d'imputabilite qui I'accompagne n'en demeurent pas moins un legs de la nouvelle gestion publique. Toutefois, dans le cadre de cette transition, les marches (contrats), en plus de servir de moyen de controler le rendement, sont aussi un outil de gouvernance pour accroitre la collaboration entre le gouvernement dam son ensemble et des secteurs tout entiers. Dam sa relation avec le secteur benevole, le gowernement du Canada est pris dans ces tendances contradictoires - entre le controle des marches (contrats) et la collabordtion inherente a un contrat de gouvernance. L'article se penche en premier sur l'incidence pour les organismes benevoles des mesures contraignantes imposees par le gouvernement federal relativement aux ententes de contribution introduites pour fairc face a la crise qui a sevi en 2000. Ces impacts sont a la fois considerables et des plus negatifs, imposant des frais de financement directs aux organismes benevoles et suffoquant l'innovation. Les auteurs cherchent ensuite a determiner si la mise en application de l'accord passe entre le gouvernement du Canada et le secteur benevole et son Code de boMes pratiques de financement pourraient attenuer certains effets negatifs de ces mesures d'imputabilite.

The snakes and ladders of accountability: Contradictions between contracting and collaboration for Canada's voluntary sector

Co-producing accountability? Drawing conclusions from non-profit child care services in Manitoba

This article examines how language and discourse have framed the issue of accountability in Indigenous child welfare devolution in Manitoba. Devolution has been officially presented by the province as a structure and process of collaborative governance – a form of governing that requires horizontal accountability among equal partners. Our examination of the accountability structures and processes reveals that, despite the rhetoric, there is continuing heavy insistence on vertical accountability to the provincial government. At best, the idea of collaborative governance is an illusion; at worst, it has serious negative impacts on Indigenous autonomy and on standards of accountability.



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Cet article examine comment le langage et le discours ont formule la question de la responsabilisation dans le transfert des responsabilites de la protection de l'enfance autochtone au Manitoba. Le transfert des responsabilites aux autorites locales a ete officiellement presente par la province comme une structure et un processus de gouvernance collaborative – une forme de gouvernance qui exige une responsabilisation horizontale entre partenaires egaux. Notre examen des structures et processus de responsabilisation revele qu'en depit de la rhetorique, on continue a insister lourdement sur la responsabilisation verticale envers le gouvernement provincial. Dans le meilleur des cas, l'idee de gouvernance collaborative est une illusion; au pire, elle a de serieuses repercussions negatives sur l'autonomie des Autochtones et sur les normes de responsabilisation.

Accountability insights from the devolution of Indigenous child welfare in Manitoba

This article examines how state institutions shape the meaning of charity in Canada It concludes that the courts have made limited changes to the meaning of charity and that the Department of Finance has resisted redefining charity In contrast, the Canada Revenue Agency's Charities Directorate has worked to update the meaning of charity, but it does not have the power to amend the tax laws so its changes have been primarily administrative While these administrative changes may not overcome the central public policy issue related to a narrow interpretation of the meaning of charity, they could shape future definitions depending on the voluntary sector's ability to mobilize around this issue and the receptiveness of the federal government

In the name of charity: Institutional support for and resistance to redefining the meaning of charity in Canada

Solving poverty is a laudable public policy goal While there are many approaches, one that has gained popularity is the conditional cash transfer that requires recipients to satisfy conditions imposed on them such as requiring regular medical checkups Another approach, which is gaining interest is unconditional cash transfers that do not impose conditions The question we ask in this paper is: what do these past and current attempts tell us about the implications for gender? To answer this question, we explore two programs using a gendered framework: Brazil's Bolsa Familia,which is a conditional cash transfer, and Manitoba's Mincome experiment, which was an unconditional cash transfer in Canada We then consider how this information might be used by states, particularly as it relates to ending social marginalization Broadly, this research contributes to academic discussions of public policy, income, gender and social vulnerability

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Karine Levasseur

Papers

The snakes and ladders of accountability: Contradictions between contracting and collaboration for Canada's voluntary sector

Co-producing accountability? Drawing conclusions from non-profit child care services in Manitoba

Accountability insights from the devolution of Indigenous child welfare in Manitoba

In the name of charity: Institutional support for and resistance to redefining the meaning of charity in Canada

Conditional and Unconditional Cash Transfers: Implications for Gender