1. Introduction: the structure of reproduction in capitalist society Part One: Household, Economy and Social Reproduction
2. Marxism and demography: space household forms and fertility regimes in the western European transition
3. The function of social welfare in a capitalist economy
4. Rethinking the welfare state: dependence, economic individualism and the family Part Two: The State and Social Reproduction
5. From poor law to social insurance: the periodization of state intervention in the reproduction process
6. The state and the maintenance of patriarchy: a case study of family, labour and welfare legislation in Canada
7. Theoretical approaches to the state and social reproduction Part Three: Class and Social Reproduction
8. Family, class and state in women’s access to abortion and day care: the case of the United States
9. The ‘Norming’ of the working day Part Four: Contradictions in Social Reproduction Under Capitalism
10. Retirement pensions: reinforced exploitation
11. The crises of the state and the state of the crisis: the Canadian welfare experience