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A mother's work : how feminism, the market, and policy shape family life /

Gilbert, Neil, 1940-

A mother's work : how feminism, the market, and policy shape family life / Neil Gilbert. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008. - xi, 228 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-217) and index.

The social context : motherhood in decline? -- Work and family : the choices women make -- Capitalism and motherhood : does it pay to have children? -- Feminist expectations : who suffers from the problem that has no name? -- How family friendly are family-friendly policies? -- Rethinking family policy.

9780300119671 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300119674 (cloth : alk. paper)

2007034309

GBA817556 bnb

014519247 Uk


Working mothers--United States.
Work and family--United States.
Women in the professions--United States.
Family policy--United States.
Feminist theory--United States.

HQ759.48 / .G55 2008

306.874/3

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