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Women, Work, and Families : Balancing and Weaving.
This study of 30 mothers looks at the varying ways women balance work and family life. It is carried out through intensive interviews and the data is examined from several theoretical standpoints, including structural theory, motherhood theory, and feminist theory. A supplemental text for graduate a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks :
SAGE Publications,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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