Martha Macdonald
Biographic Data
| ID | 3608147 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martha Macdonald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martha |
| FAMILY NAME | Macdonald |
| SIGNATURE | MACDONALD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saint Mary's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 111 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Trends in varying modes of drug use in opioid toxicity deaths in Ontario from 2017 to 2021
But where's the body? Bodies, time, money, and the political economy of post-pandemic field research
Since the pandemic, field work has been transformed by shifts in the political economy affecting the material conditions underpinning research. In this research note, a research team considers their challenges and learning in completing field studies conducted in 2022, including intensified strains on time, money, researchers' bodies, and risks associated with illness and infection spread. We argue that a neoliberal 'research super-hero' norm ope…
Elizabeth Yeoman. Exactly What I Said
Ageing in Space
In this paper, we explore the needs of older adults for social interaction by investigating how local and everyday communities are produced by service organisations and experienced by their patrons. We approach the social needs of older adults through the lens of 'community,' both as a concept and as a lived experience. Our attention to communities of peers and arenas for everyday interaction is discussed in the context of the dominant policy dis…
Nitinikiau Innusi
Organizing Site Visits
Organizing Site Visits: Methodological Considerations considers the practical challenges of team ethnography fieldwork. The selection of sites and organization of the site visit are central to the success of the rapid site-switching methodology. The method relies heavily on the commitment of team members to take a turn organizing site visits in their jurisdictions and on both their local knowledge and skills. Issues around site selection and site…
Regulating Individual Charges for Long-Term Residential Care In Canada
Provinces and territories differ in how publicly regulated long-term residential care is financed. Although the costs of “care” are funded publicly, all provinces and territories except Nunavut require contributions from individuals to cover so-called accommodation costs. These vary widely. This paper examines trends and variations in long-term residential care fee structures and the implications for equity (within and across jurisdictions), incl…
Reciprocal Relationships
This paper reports on research exploring the contribution to social policy of social economy organizations (SEOs) in Atlantic Canada. Of particular interest is whether SEOs and government are engaged in what we have termed “reciprocal relationships,” through inclusive, cross-sector alliances linked to improved policy planning and decision-making. Initial findings suggest that reciprocity of relationships between government and SEOs to enhance pol…
Immigration Policy in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
Immigration policies in most host nations of the west have undergone significant changes in recent years. Based on the four country-specific papers that appear in this section of the journal, and also on our own research, we present an overview of these changes and their context. In all countries, economic considerations play a central role in shaping immigration policy and greater importance is given to scientific research. Several common policy…
Introduction
Industrialized societies have experienced dramatic labour market transformations over the last few decades – and gender relations are at the centre of such changes. The key changes have proceeded through periods of economic growth and periods of recession. For example, women’s labour force participation rates have risen or stabilized at relatively high levels as a result of developments ranging from women’s collective struggle for formal equality…
Gender and the Contours of Precarious Employment
"Precarious employment presents a monumental challenge to the social, economic, and political stability of labour markets in industrialized societies and there is widespread consensus that its growth is contributing to a series of common social inequalities, especially along the lines of gender and citizenship. The editors argue that these inequalities are evident at the national level across industrialized countries, as well as at the regional l…
Taking Its Toll
This paper examines gender differences in the impact of paid and unpaid productive activities on well-being. Using recent Canadian data, we examine the time spent by prime-age women and men (25 – 54) on paid work, childcare, eldercare, household work, volunteering, and education, and then assess its impact on stress and work-life balance. Using multivariate analyses, we show that women's greater hours of unpaid work contribute to women experienci…
Gambling Households in Canada
Gender Equity within Families versus Better Targeting
Under both Unemployment Insurance (UI) and now under Employment Insurance (EI), Canada has offered extra benefits for some claimants with dependent children. This paper assesses the replacement of the Depenencey Rate (DR) under UI with the Family Income Supplement (FS) under EI. The major difference between the programs is that eligibility for the DR was based on individual earnings while eligibility for the FS is based on family income. Using ev…
Introduction
(2000). Introduction: Globalization and Gender. Feminist Economics: Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. vii-xviii
Restructuring, Gender and Social Security Reform in Canada
As a significant component of the institutional structure of the economy, social security reform has been at the policy forefront in Canada in recent years. This paper reviews the debate around reform and the programme changes that resulted, focussing on how these changes intersect with economic restructuring and their gender implications. Social security reform, like economic restructuring, has gendered impacts and reflects particular assumption…
Gender and Social Security Policy
Social security reform is high on the agenda of many governments around the world. In thinking about gender and social security policy it is useful to consider the implications of work in feminist economics for the evaluation of existing policies and proposed reforms. This paper identifies six key points and applies these to a range of social security provisions, including unemployment insurance, maternity benefits, family allowance and child ben…
Economic restructuring and gender in Canada
Restructured Worlds / Restructured Debates
Addressing the issues of gender and development in the 1990s seems to us to require a return to major debates about the nature of political and economic power, the role of gender and the character of development. These debates have seen significant advances in the last ten years. A thorough grounding in this new (and old) thinking is needed before new syntheses can be constructed. To that end this paper explores the implications of new thinking i…
Post-Fordism and the Flexibility Debate
Like the ubiquitous prefix post, has become a common buzzword of the 1980s in a wide variety of academic writing. The two are in fact often connected, for the essence of this post period - whether postmodern, post-fordist, or post-industrial - is said to be flexibility - flexible specialization, flexible accumulation,' flexible firm, labour market flexibility, the Age of Flexibility. Essentially, the debate surrounding post-fordism flexibility ha…
Class and Gender in Fishing Communities in Nova Scotia
This paper explores the complexity of class relations in Nova Scotia fishing communities, using a conception of class which takes into account gender and household relations
Economics and Feminism The Dismal Science
Feminists are actively engaged in many academic disciplines in attempts to create new knowledge relevant to feminist issues. Attempts have been made to work within the mainstream of some disciplines, whose self-defined scope seemed to include these issues naturally
Women’s Work
There is little argument about the fact that it is still primarily women who are responsible for work done in the home. Unlike most men, women in Canada spend a large portion of their lives doing housework. In addition, at present over fifty per cent of women are in the work force and account for forty per cent of the labour force. The clear implication of these facts is that many women contribute to their families both through household and labo…
Manpower Research and Labour Economics
Immigration Policy in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
Immigration policies in most host nations of the west have undergone significant changes in recent years. Based on the four country-specific papers that appear in this section of the journal, and also on our own research, we present an overview of these changes and their context. In all countries, economic considerations play a central role in shaping immigration policy and greater importance is given to scientific research. Several common policy…
Taking Its Toll
This paper examines gender differences in the impact of paid and unpaid productive activities on well-being. Using recent Canadian data, we examine the time spent by prime-age women and men (25 – 54) on paid work, childcare, eldercare, household work, volunteering, and education, and then assess its impact on stress and work-life balance. Using multivariate analyses, we show that women's greater hours of unpaid work contribute to women experienci…
Restructured Worlds / Restructured Debates
Addressing the issues of gender and development in the 1990s seems to us to require a return to major debates about the nature of political and economic power, the role of gender and the character of development. These debates have seen significant advances in the last ten years. A thorough grounding in this new (and old) thinking is needed before new syntheses can be constructed. To that end this paper explores the implications of new thinking i…
Introduction
(2000). Introduction: Globalization and Gender. Feminist Economics: Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. vii-xviii
Women’s Work
There is little argument about the fact that it is still primarily women who are responsible for work done in the home. Unlike most men, women in Canada spend a large portion of their lives doing housework. In addition, at present over fifty per cent of women are in the work force and account for forty per cent of the labour force. The clear implication of these facts is that many women contribute to their families both through household and labo…
Gender and Social Security Policy
Social security reform is high on the agenda of many governments around the world. In thinking about gender and social security policy it is useful to consider the implications of work in feminist economics for the evaluation of existing policies and proposed reforms. This paper identifies six key points and applies these to a range of social security provisions, including unemployment insurance, maternity benefits, family allowance and child ben…
Economic restructuring and gender in Canada
Post-Fordism and the Flexibility Debate
Like the ubiquitous prefix post, has become a common buzzword of the 1980s in a wide variety of academic writing. The two are in fact often connected, for the essence of this post period - whether postmodern, post-fordist, or post-industrial - is said to be flexibility - flexible specialization, flexible accumulation,' flexible firm, labour market flexibility, the Age of Flexibility. Essentially, the debate surrounding post-fordism flexibility ha…
Class and Gender in Fishing Communities in Nova Scotia
This paper explores the complexity of class relations in Nova Scotia fishing communities, using a conception of class which takes into account gender and household relations
Economics and Feminism The Dismal Science
Feminists are actively engaged in many academic disciplines in attempts to create new knowledge relevant to feminist issues. Attempts have been made to work within the mainstream of some disciplines, whose self-defined scope seemed to include these issues naturally
Reciprocal Relationships
This paper reports on research exploring the contribution to social policy of social economy organizations (SEOs) in Atlantic Canada. Of particular interest is whether SEOs and government are engaged in what we have termed “reciprocal relationships,” through inclusive, cross-sector alliances linked to improved policy planning and decision-making. Initial findings suggest that reciprocity of relationships between government and SEOs to enhance pol…
Ageing in Space
In this paper, we explore the needs of older adults for social interaction by investigating how local and everyday communities are produced by service organisations and experienced by their patrons. We approach the social needs of older adults through the lens of 'community,' both as a concept and as a lived experience. Our attention to communities of peers and arenas for everyday interaction is discussed in the context of the dominant policy dis…
Regulating Individual Charges for Long-Term Residential Care In Canada
Provinces and territories differ in how publicly regulated long-term residential care is financed. Although the costs of “care” are funded publicly, all provinces and territories except Nunavut require contributions from individuals to cover so-called accommodation costs. These vary widely. This paper examines trends and variations in long-term residential care fee structures and the implications for equity (within and across jurisdictions), incl…
Gender Equity within Families versus Better Targeting
Under both Unemployment Insurance (UI) and now under Employment Insurance (EI), Canada has offered extra benefits for some claimants with dependent children. This paper assesses the replacement of the Depenencey Rate (DR) under UI with the Family Income Supplement (FS) under EI. The major difference between the programs is that eligibility for the DR was based on individual earnings while eligibility for the FS is based on family income. Using ev…
Manpower Research and Labour Economics
Manpower Research and Labour Economics
Women’s Work
There is little argument about the fact that it is still primarily women who are responsible for work done in the home. Unlike most men, women in Canada spend a large portion of their lives doing housework. In addition, at present over fifty per cent of women are in the work force and account for forty per cent of the labour force. The clear implication of these facts is that many women contribute to their families both through household and labo…
Economics and Feminism The Dismal Science
Feminists are actively engaged in many academic disciplines in attempts to create new knowledge relevant to feminist issues. Attempts have been made to work within the mainstream of some disciplines, whose self-defined scope seemed to include these issues naturally
Class and Gender in Fishing Communities in Nova Scotia
This paper explores the complexity of class relations in Nova Scotia fishing communities, using a conception of class which takes into account gender and household relations
Post-Fordism and the Flexibility Debate
Like the ubiquitous prefix post, has become a common buzzword of the 1980s in a wide variety of academic writing. The two are in fact often connected, for the essence of this post period - whether postmodern, post-fordist, or post-industrial - is said to be flexibility - flexible specialization, flexible accumulation,' flexible firm, labour market flexibility, the Age of Flexibility. Essentially, the debate surrounding post-fordism flexibility ha…
Economic restructuring and gender in Canada
Restructured Worlds / Restructured Debates
Addressing the issues of gender and development in the 1990s seems to us to require a return to major debates about the nature of political and economic power, the role of gender and the character of development. These debates have seen significant advances in the last ten years. A thorough grounding in this new (and old) thinking is needed before new syntheses can be constructed. To that end this paper explores the implications of new thinking i…
Gender and Social Security Policy
Social security reform is high on the agenda of many governments around the world. In thinking about gender and social security policy it is useful to consider the implications of work in feminist economics for the evaluation of existing policies and proposed reforms. This paper identifies six key points and applies these to a range of social security provisions, including unemployment insurance, maternity benefits, family allowance and child ben…
Restructuring, Gender and Social Security Reform in Canada
As a significant component of the institutional structure of the economy, social security reform has been at the policy forefront in Canada in recent years. This paper reviews the debate around reform and the programme changes that resulted, focussing on how these changes intersect with economic restructuring and their gender implications. Social security reform, like economic restructuring, has gendered impacts and reflects particular assumption…
Introduction
(2000). Introduction: Globalization and Gender. Feminist Economics: Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. vii-xviii
Gender Equity within Families versus Better Targeting
Under both Unemployment Insurance (UI) and now under Employment Insurance (EI), Canada has offered extra benefits for some claimants with dependent children. This paper assesses the replacement of the Depenencey Rate (DR) under UI with the Family Income Supplement (FS) under EI. The major difference between the programs is that eligibility for the DR was based on individual earnings while eligibility for the FS is based on family income. Using ev…
Gambling Households in Canada
Taking Its Toll
This paper examines gender differences in the impact of paid and unpaid productive activities on well-being. Using recent Canadian data, we examine the time spent by prime-age women and men (25 – 54) on paid work, childcare, eldercare, household work, volunteering, and education, and then assess its impact on stress and work-life balance. Using multivariate analyses, we show that women's greater hours of unpaid work contribute to women experienci…
Introduction
Industrialized societies have experienced dramatic labour market transformations over the last few decades – and gender relations are at the centre of such changes. The key changes have proceeded through periods of economic growth and periods of recession. For example, women’s labour force participation rates have risen or stabilized at relatively high levels as a result of developments ranging from women’s collective struggle for formal equality…
Gender and the Contours of Precarious Employment
"Precarious employment presents a monumental challenge to the social, economic, and political stability of labour markets in industrialized societies and there is widespread consensus that its growth is contributing to a series of common social inequalities, especially along the lines of gender and citizenship. The editors argue that these inequalities are evident at the national level across industrialized countries, as well as at the regional l…
Reciprocal Relationships
This paper reports on research exploring the contribution to social policy of social economy organizations (SEOs) in Atlantic Canada. Of particular interest is whether SEOs and government are engaged in what we have termed “reciprocal relationships,” through inclusive, cross-sector alliances linked to improved policy planning and decision-making. Initial findings suggest that reciprocity of relationships between government and SEOs to enhance pol…
Immigration Policy in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
Immigration policies in most host nations of the west have undergone significant changes in recent years. Based on the four country-specific papers that appear in this section of the journal, and also on our own research, we present an overview of these changes and their context. In all countries, economic considerations play a central role in shaping immigration policy and greater importance is given to scientific research. Several common policy…
Regulating Individual Charges for Long-Term Residential Care In Canada
Provinces and territories differ in how publicly regulated long-term residential care is financed. Although the costs of “care” are funded publicly, all provinces and territories except Nunavut require contributions from individuals to cover so-called accommodation costs. These vary widely. This paper examines trends and variations in long-term residential care fee structures and the implications for equity (within and across jurisdictions), incl…
Organizing Site Visits
Organizing Site Visits: Methodological Considerations considers the practical challenges of team ethnography fieldwork. The selection of sites and organization of the site visit are central to the success of the rapid site-switching methodology. The method relies heavily on the commitment of team members to take a turn organizing site visits in their jurisdictions and on both their local knowledge and skills. Issues around site selection and site…
Nitinikiau Innusi
Ageing in Space
In this paper, we explore the needs of older adults for social interaction by investigating how local and everyday communities are produced by service organisations and experienced by their patrons. We approach the social needs of older adults through the lens of 'community,' both as a concept and as a lived experience. Our attention to communities of peers and arenas for everyday interaction is discussed in the context of the dominant policy dis…
Elizabeth Yeoman. Exactly What I Said
Trends in varying modes of drug use in opioid toxicity deaths in Ontario from 2017 to 2021
But where's the body? Bodies, time, money, and the political economy of post-pandemic field research
Since the pandemic, field work has been transformed by shifts in the political economy affecting the material conditions underpinning research. In this research note, a research team considers their challenges and learning in completing field studies conducted in 2022, including intensified strains on time, money, researchers' bodies, and risks associated with illness and infection spread. We argue that a neoliberal 'research super-hero' norm ope…
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