LEADER 03859nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910814438503321 005 20240418003200.0 010 $a1-282-35168-0 010 $a9786612351686 010 $a0-300-14509-8 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300145090 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010718 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049955 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000303647 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11241704 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000303647 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10275929 035 $a(PQKB)11029349 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420488 035 $a(DE-B1597)484857 035 $a(OCoLC)994599898 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300145090 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420488 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10347221 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235168 035 $a(OCoLC)923593898 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010718 100 $a20070817d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA mother's work $ehow feminism, the market, and policy shape family life /$fNeil Gilbert 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-11967-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-217) and index. 327 $aThe social context : motherhood in decline? -- Work and family : the choices women make -- Capitalism and motherhood : does it pay to have children? -- Feminist expectations : who suffers from the problem that has no name? -- How family friendly are family-friendly policies? -- Rethinking family policy. 330 $aThe question of how best to combine work and family life has led to lively debates in recent years. Both a lifestyle and a policy issue, it has been addressed psychologically, socially, and economically, and conclusions have been hotly contested. But as Neil Gilbert shows in this penetrating and provocative book, we haven't looked closely enough at how and why these questions are framed, or who benefits from the proposed answers. A Mother's Work takes a hard look at the unprecedented rise in childlessness, along with the outsourcing of family care and household production, which have helped to alter family life since the 1960's. It challenges the conventional view on how to balance motherhood and employment, and examines how the choices women make are influenced by the culture of capitalism, feminist expectations, and the social policies of the welfare state. Gilbert argues that while the market ignores the essential value of a mother's work, prevailing norms about the social benefits of work have been overvalued by elites whose opportunities and circumstances little resemble those of most working- and middle-class mothers. And the policies that have been crafted too often seem friendlier to the market than to the family. Gilbert ends his discussion by looking at the issue internationally, and he makes the case for reframing the debate to include a wider range of social values and public benefits that present more options for managing work and family responsibilities. 606 $aWorking mothers$zUnited States 606 $aWork and family$zUnited States 606 $aWomen in the professions$zUnited States 606 $aFamily policy$zUnited States 606 $aFeminist theory$zUnited States 615 0$aWorking mothers 615 0$aWork and family 615 0$aWomen in the professions 615 0$aFamily policy 615 0$aFeminist theory 676 $a306.874/3 700 $aGilbert$b Neil$f1940-$0484960 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814438503321 996 $aA mother's work$94005655 997 $aUNINA