Women, work, and politics [[electronic resource] ] : the political economy of gender inequality / / Torben Iversen and Frances Rosenbluth
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| Autore: |
Iversen Torben
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| Titolo: |
Women, work, and politics [[electronic resource] ] : the political economy of gender inequality / / Torben Iversen and Frances Rosenbluth
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| Pubblicazione: | New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvii, 202 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 305.420973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women - Political activity - United States |
| Women and democracy - United States | |
| Women - Economic conditions - United States | |
| Women - Employment - United States | |
| Sexual division of labor | |
| Altri autori: |
RosenbluthFrances McCall
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Women, work, and politics |
| ISBN: | 0-300-15311-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779237703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Yale ISPS series.