For the family? : how class and gender shape women's work /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Damaske, Sarah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Women > Employment > Economic aspects > United States.
Social classes > Economic aspects > United States.
Women > United States > Economic conditions.
Women > United States > Social conditions.
Work and family > United States.
Classes sociales > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Travail et familles > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Social classes > Economic aspects
Women > Economic conditions
Women > Social conditions
Work and family
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Women's work trajectories: need, choice and women's strategies
  • The shape of women's work pathways
  • A major career woman? How women develop early expectations about work
  • Staying steady: good work and family support across classes
  • Pulling back: divergent routes to similar pathways
  • A life interrupted
  • For the family: how women account for work decisions
  • Having it all? Egalitarian dreams deferred
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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