| Description |
xiii, 233 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Understanding families ; v. 19 |
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Understanding families ; v. 19.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-217) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction and History of Women's Labor Force Participation -- Balancing and Weaving -- Theoretical Perspectives -- The Power of Ideology -- A Look Ahead -- History of Women's Labor Force Participation -- Subsistence Cultures -- Agricultural Era -- The Industrial Era -- Racial and Ethnic Diversity -- Patterns in the 20th Century -- Ideologies of Motherhood: Content and the Dominant Model -- Therborn's Writings on Ideology -- Ideology as a Concept -- Ideology and Individual Agency -- Ideology as a Framework -- Ideology as a Social Process -- The Power of Ideology -- Content of Ideologies of Motherhood -- Intensive Mothering -- Competing Ideologies of Motherhood -- Systems of Discourse -- Family Interactions -- Expert Testimony -- Nonexpert High-Profile Testimony -- Balancing and Weaving to Be a "Good" Mother -- Ideal Types -- Pinching Pennies: The Story of Cheryl, a Conformist -- Entitled to Work: The Case of Emily, a Nonconformist -- Trying to Balance It All: The Story of Tammy, a Pragmatist -- I'm the Breadwinner: The Case of Bobbi, a Pragmatist -- Nonoverlapping Shift Work: The Case of Jean, an Innovator -- Working From Home: The Case of Haley, an Innovator -- Taking the Children to Work: The Case of Kate, an Innovator -- Theoretical Paradigms for Understanding Maternal Labor Force Participation -- Structural-Functionalist Paradigm -- Rational Choice Paradigms -- New Home Economics and Human Capital Theory -- Sociostructural perspectives -- Economic Need -- Occupational Opportunity -- Child Care Costs -- Family Size. |
| Summary |
A study of working mothers who juggle obligations to both work and family, seeking to understand the decision-making process these women go through. Interviews with 30 married women, all with children under two years of age, reveal a range of ways in which women weave together the strands of their lives. Information is examined from a number of the. |
| Terms Of Use |
Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 0. Uk |
| Subject |
Working mothers.
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Working mothers. (OCoLC)fst01180647
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Hattery, Angela. Women, work, and family. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2001 (OCoLC)606569907 |
| ISBN |
0761919368 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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9780761919360 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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0761919376 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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9780761919377 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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