LEADER 04528nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910457811603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-26980-5 010 $a9786613269805 010 $a0-19-979164-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000000048037 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24088129 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000536770 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11339777 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536770 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10553056 035 $a(PQKB)11003450 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3054293 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3054293 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10495737 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL326980 035 $a(OCoLC)754997094 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000048037 100 $a20110328d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFor the family?$b[electronic resource] $ehow class and gender shape women's work /$fSarah Damaske 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press, USA$d2011 215 $axiii, 228 p 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-979149-X 311 $a0-19-979150-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: -- CHAPTER 1: Women's Work Trajectories: Need, Choice and Women's Strategies -- PART I: EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WORK -- CHAPTER 2: The Shape of Women's Work Pathways -- CHAPTER 3: A Major Career Woman? How Women Develop Early Expectations about Work -- PART II: WORK PATHWAYS -- CHAPTER 4: Staying Steady: Good Work and Family Support Across Classes -- CHAPTER 5: Pulling Back: Divergent Routes to Similar Pathways -- CHAPTER 6: A Life Interrupted -- PART III: NEGOTIATING EXPECTATIONS -- CHAPTER 7: For the Family: How Women Account for Work Decisions -- CHAPTER 8: Having it All? Egalitarian Dreams Deferred -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index. 330 $a"In the emotional public debate about women and work, conventional wisdom holds that middle-class women "choose" whether or not to work, while working class "need" to work. Yet, despite the recent economic crisis, national trends show that middle-class women are more likely to work than working-class women. In this timely volume, Sarah Damaske debunks the myth that financial needs determine women's workforce participation, revealing that financial resources make it easier for women to remain at work, not easier to leave it. Departing from mainstream research, Damaske finds not two (working or not working), but three main employment patterns: steady, pulled back, and interrupted. Looking at the differences between women in these three groups, Damaske discovers that financial resources made it easier for middle-class women to remain at work steadily, while working-class women often found themselves following interrupted work pathways in which they experienced multiple bouts of unemployment. While most of the national attention has been focused on women who leave work, Damaske shows that both middle-class and working-class women found themselves pulling back from work, but for vastly different reasons. For the Family? concludes that the public debate about women's work remains focused on need because women themselves emphasize the importance of family needs in their decision-making. Damaske argues that despite differences in work experiences, class, race, and familial support, most women explained their work decisions by pointing to family needs, connecting work to family rather than an individual pursuit. In For the Family?, Sarah Damaske at last provides a far more nuanced and richer picture of women, work, and class than conventional wisdom offers"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aWomen$xEmployment$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aSocial classes$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aWomen$zUnited States$xEconomic conditions 606 $aWomen$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 606 $aWork and family$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen$xEmployment$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aSocial classes$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aWomen$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aWork and family 676 $a331.40973 700 $aDamaske$b Sarah$0887498 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457811603321 996 $aFor the family$91982606 997 $aUNINA