Women, Work, and Politics: The Political Economy of Gender Inequality Contributor(s): Iversen, Torben (Author), Rosenbluth, Frances McCall (Author) |
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ISBN: 030017134X ISBN-13: 9780300171341 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $33.61 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Economy - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Gender Studies |
Dewey: 305.420 |
Series: Yale ISPS |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 9" (0.65 lbs) 224 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Looking at women's power in the home, in the workplace, and in politics from a political economy perspective, Torben Iversen and Frances Rosenbluth demonstrate that equality is tied to demand for women's labor outside the home, which is a function of structural, political, and institutional conditions. They go on to explain several anomalies of modern gender politics: why women vote differently from men; why women are better represented in the workforce in the United States than in other countries but less well represented in politics; why men share more of the household work in some countries than in others; and why some countries have such low fertility rates. The first book to integrate the micro-level of families with the macro-level of national institutions, Women, Work, and Politics presents an original and groundbreaking approach to gender inequality. |