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UNINA9910817935603321 |
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Autore |
Hattery Angela |
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Titolo |
Women, work, and family : balancing and weaving / / Angela Hattery |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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0-7619-1936-8 |
1-322-41611-7 |
1-4522-6452-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 233 p.) |
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Collana |
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Understanding families ; ; v. 19 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Working mothers |
Work and family |
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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. 213-217) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Introduction and History of Women's Labor Force Participation; Chapter 2 - Ideologies of Motherhood: Content and the Dominant Model; Chapter 3 - Balancing and Weaving to be a ""Good"" Mother; Chapter 4 - Theoretical Paradigms for Understanding Maternal Labor Force Participation; Chapter 5 - To Work or Not to Work? That is the Question; Chapter 6 - ""Are Children Better Off If They Have New Bikes Rather Than Having You at Home?"" Motherhood Ideology and the Construction of Economic Need |
Chapter 7 - ""He's Got to Learn That the World Is Not Just He Alone"": Solving the Child Care DilemmaChapter 8 - The Power of Ideology and the Ideology of Power; Appendix A - Interview Schedule; Appendix B - Demographics of the Interview Sample; Appendix C - Frequency Distributions for Relevant Demographic Variables Broken Down by Entire Sample, Volunteer Sample, and Interview Sample; Appendix D - Sampling and Measurement; Appendix E - Quantitative Data; References; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This examination of the extraordinary juggling skills of working women who balance obligations to work & family goes beyond description of possible conflicts of interest to seek an understanding of the decision-making process through which they accomplish this balancing. |
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