Women, Work And Politics "The Political Economy Of Gender Inequality"

The Political Economy Of Gender Inequality

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ISBN:9780300153101
Editorial: Yale U.P.
Fecha de la edición:2010
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Nº Pág.:224
Idiomas:Inglés,Ingles

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/ Trabajo y Sociedad
/ Sociología

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 labour 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 work force 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.

Preface
Acknowledgments
1 A Political Economy Approach to Gender Inequality 1
2 The Structure of Patriarchy: How Bargaining Power Shapes Social Norms and Political Attitudes 17
3 The Gender Division of Labor, or Why Women Work Double Shifts 55
4 Fertility 81
5 Political Preferences 110
6 Gender and Political Careers: A Comparative Labor Market Analysis of Female Political Representation 134
7 Conclusions 162
Notes 171
References 185