Women, Welfare and Civil Society Organizations: Creating an Alternative Women's Welfare Sphere in Israel
Women, Welfare and Civil Society Organizations: Creating an Alternative Women's Welfare Sphere in Israel
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妇女、福利和民间社会组织：在以色列创建另类妇女福利领域
DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9515.2010.00737.x
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
M. Ajzenstadt
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文献类型：
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作者：
Michal Almog;M. Ajzenstadt
这篇文章探讨了近年来以色列民间社会组织向妇女提供服务的现象及其对福利国家和妇女的影响，这些服务是以色列建立替代妇女福利领域的一部分。妇女民间社会领域的建立和存在可以被视为以色列福利国家迈向自由式经济制度的一部分。本文采用质的研究方法，考察了以色列14个向妇女提供福利、保健和教育服务的组织的服务和运作模式。该研究确定了这些组织的四个特点：它们与福利国家的联系松散，使用确定其服务资格的部门和选择性标准，反映了社区的内部动态及其对性别问题的反应，以及民间社会组织的整体、零星和非专业服务。分析突出了民间社会组织的性别层面、其提供的服务的结构和内容的特点，以及与福利国家并行运作的民间社会组织的作用和地位。它揭示了这一领域及其服务的复杂性质，有助于赋予妇女权力和改善妇女的生活，但同时也加强和加强了她们的排斥和边缘化。
This article examines the phenomenon of Israeli civil society organizations (CSOs) providing services to women as part of the creation of an alternative women's welfare sphere in Israel in recent years, and its influence upon the welfare state and women. The creation and the existence of the women's civil society sphere can be seen as part of a move by the Israeli welfare state towards a liberal-style economic regime. The article examines the services and mode of operation of fourteen organizations offering welfare, health and educational services to women in Israel, using a qualitative research method. The study identifies four traits characterizing these organizations: their loose connections with the welfare state, the use of sectoral and selective criteria determining eligibility for their services, the mirroring of internal dynamics of the community and its response to gender issues, and the CSOs' holistic, sporadic and unprofessional services. The analysis highlights the gender dimensions of civil society organizations, the characteristics of structure and content of the services they offer, and the role and place of civil society organizations operating parallel to the welfare state. It sheds light on the complex nature of this sphere and its services, which contribute to the empowerment and improvement of women's lives but, simultaneously, strengthen and reinforce their exclusion and marginalization.