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Folbre Nancy |
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Titolo |
Who pays for the kids? : gender and the structures of constraint / / Nancy Folbre |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (348 p.) |
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Collana |
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Economics as social theory |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Labor economics |
Industries - Social aspects |
Sexual division of labor |
Work and family |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-325) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; FEMINIST THEORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY; COLLECTIVE ACTION AND STRUCTURES OF CONSTRAINT; THE PERSISTENCE OF PATRIARCHAL POWER; INTRODUCTION TO PART II; NORTHWESTERN EUROPE; THE UNITED STATES; LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN; CONCLUSION: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FAMILY POLICY; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Three paradoxes surround the division of the costs of social reproduction:* Women have entered the paid labour force in growing numbers, but they continue to perform most of the unpaid labour of housework and childcare.* Birth rates have fallen but more and more mothers are supporting children on their own, with little or no assistance from fathers.* The growth of state spending is often blamed on malfunctioning markets, or runaway bureaucracies. But a large percentage of social spending provides substitutes for income transfers that once took place within families.Who Pays |
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