| Title | : | Women, Work, and Politics |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Torben Iversen & Frances Rosenbluth |
| Release | : | 2010-06-22 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Social Science, Books, Nonfiction |
| Size | : | 9634962 |
| 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. |
