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Gender-class equality in political economies / Lynn Prince Cooke.
Lippincott Library HD6060.6 .C66 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooke, Lynn P.
- Series:
- Perspectives on gender (New York, N.Y.)
- Perspectives on gender
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sexual division of labor.
- Pay equity.
- Women--Employment--Government policy.
- Women.
- Women--Economic conditions.
- Minorities--Employment--Government policy.
- Minorities.
- Minorities--Economic conditions.
- Labor policy--Social aspects.
- Labor policy.
- Income distribution--Social aspects.
- Income distribution.
- Equality.
- Social aspects.
- Minorities--Employment.
- Women--Employment.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Gender-Class Equality Over Time 1
- Introduction 1
- The State and Institutional Equality Frames 5
- The Country Cases: Policy Effects on Class v. Gender Equality 7
- The Resilience of Inequality Within Its Institutional Frame 11
- Book Overview 13
- Chapter 2 Paid and Unpaid Work in Context 21
- Introduction 21
- Gender Differences in Labor Supply and Demand 22
- The State and the Labor Market 27
- The State and a Gendered Division of Household Labor 31
- So What Happened to the Gender Revolution? 35
- Gender-Class Equality in Post-Industrial Economies 36
- Summary: Policy Paths and Gender-Class Equality 42
- Chapter 3 Population Policies and Group Divides 45
- Introduction 45
- Nineteenth-Century Expansion and Women's Bodies 48
- Nineteenth-Century Immigration Policies 52
- Post-War Family Policies 55
- Immigration Policies in the Post-War Economic Recovery 59
- Reproduction in the "New" Global Economy 61
- Immigration in the "New" Global Economy 67
- Summary: New World, Old Social Order 69
- Chapter 4 Educational Foundations of Equality 71
- Education and the Institutional Equality Frame 71
- Group Differences in Educational Foundations 73
- Post-War Expansion of Pre-Primary Provision 80
- More Secondary Education for All 87
- Expanding Educational Attainment 95
- Educational Structures and Relative Group Equality 100
- Chapter 5 Policy Foundations of Gender-Class Employment Equality 103
- Introduction 103
- Australian Versus US Nineteenth-Century Worker Mobilization 106
- European Post-War Employment Policies 109
- Australian Versus US Posy-War Equality Initiatives 114
- The European Union and Gender Equality 117
- Work-Family Reconciliation Policies and Gender Equality 121
- Gender-Class Employment Equality in the Twenty-First Century 127
- Chapter 6 Current Gender-Class Employment Equality 131
- Introduction 131
- The Institutional Equality Frame and Employment Status 132
- Individual Characteristics and Employment in Context 134
- Weekly Work Hours of Employed Individuals in Context 142
- Gender-Class Wage Inequalities in Context 149
- Summary: Employment Equality in Its Institutional Equality Frame 157
- Technical Appendix 160
- Chapter 7 Gender-Class Equality in Paid and Unpaid Work 167
- Introduction 167
- Housework Over Time and Across Countries 169
- Who Does Any Housework in Context? 173
- Predicting Individual Housework Hours in Context 176
- Couple Time in Paid and Unpaid Work in Context 180
- Equality Exchanges in Their Institutional Frames 186
- Technical Appendix 190
- Chapter 8 Sustainable Policy for Greater Equality 195
- The Resilience of Complex Inequality 195
- The Inefficiency of Market Inequalities 202
- Social Investment Strategies 208
- Policy and Sustainable Unpaid Time 212.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415994415
- 0415994411
- 9780415994422
- 041599442X
- 9780203890622
- 0203890620
- OCLC:
- 259266328
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