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 ...
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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.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. xvii, 202 p. : ill.; 25 cm. LCCN 2010001860 Type of material Book Personal name Iversen, Torben. Main title Women, work, and politics: the political economy of gender inequality / Torben Iversen and Frances Rosenbluth. Published/Created New Haven [Conn. ]: Yale University Press, c2010. Description xvii, 202 p. : ill.; 25 cm. ISBN 9780300153101 (cloth: alk. paper) 9780300171341 0300153104 (cloth: alk. paper) LC classification HQ1236. I96 2010 Related names Rosenbluth, Frances McCall. Contents Preface--Acknowledgments--A political economy approach to gender inequality--The structure of patriarchy: how bargaining power shapes social norms and political attitudes--The gender division of labor, or why women work double shifts--Fertility--Political preferences--Gender and political careers: a comparative labor market analysis of female political representation--Conclusions. LC Subjects Women--Political activity--United States. Women and democracy--United States. Women--United States--Economic conditions. Women--Employment--United States. Sexual division of labor. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Series The Yale ISPS series Yale ISPS series. Dewey class no. 305.420973 Geographic area code n-us---National bib no. GBB056595 National bib agency no. 015542002 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn449854245
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