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Reshaping the work-family debate : why men and class matter / Joan C. Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Joan, 1952-
- Series:
- William E. Massey, Sr. lectures in the history of American civilization ; 2008.
- William E. Massey, Sr. lectures in the history of American civilization ; 2008
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Work and family--United States.
- Work and family.
- Working mothers--United States.
- Working mothers.
- Dual-career families--United States.
- Dual-career families.
- Sex role--United States.
- Sex role.
- Social classes--United States.
- Social classes.
- Physical Description:
- 293 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The United States has the most family-hostile public policy in the developed world. Contesting the idea that women need to negotiate better within the family, and redefining the notion of success in the workplace, Joan C. Williams reinvigorates the work-family debate and offers the first steps to making life manageable for all American families.
- Contents:
- Opt out or pushed out?
- One sick child away from being fired
- Masculine norms at work
- Reconstructive feminism and feminist theory
- The class culture gap
- Culture wars as class conflict.
- Notes:
- Based on the William E. Massey Sr. lectures in the history of American Civilization.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674268364
- 0674268369
- 9780674058835
- 0674058836
- OCLC:
- 709593085
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