Who pays for the kids? : gender and the structures of constraint / Nancy Folbre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Folbre, Nancy.

Folbre N Staff, Corporate Author.

Series:

Economics as social theory.

Economics as social theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor economics.

Industries--Social aspects.

Industries.

Sexual division of labor.

Work and family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Three paradoxes surround the division of the costs of social reproduction:* Women have entered the paid labour force in growing numbers, but they continue to perform most of the unpaid labour of housework and childcare.* Birth rates have fallen but more and more mothers are supporting children on their own, with little or no assistance from fathers.* The growth of state spending is often blamed on malfunctioning markets, or runaway bureaucracies. But a large percentage of social spending provides substitutes for income transfers that once took place within families.Who Pays

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; FEMINIST THEORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY; COLLECTIVE ACTION AND STRUCTURES OF CONSTRAINT; THE PERSISTENCE OF PATRIARCHAL POWER; INTRODUCTION TO PART II; NORTHWESTERN EUROPE; THE UNITED STATES; LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN; CONCLUSION: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FAMILY POLICY; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-325) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-90394-4

1-134-90395-2

0-429-22918-6

0-203-16829-1

0-203-28416-X

1-280-11080-5

9780429229183

OCLC:

252959027