"The provision of state funded and democratically accountable care services represents one of the most potentially transformative advances in gendered social relations and equality for women by 'defamilizing' care and providing paid work. But the cost of providing these services, which women...

1. Introduction -- 2. Women's equality and the welfare state : contradictory political landscapes -- 3. Dreams and visions of feminist equality in the local state -- 4. Translating dreams into practice : practitioner reflections -- 5. Implementing the Gender Equality Duty : looking through the...