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
Summary
A fresh look at how women largely carry the costs of caring for themselves, the children and other dependents, with an analysis of individual choices within interlocking structures of constraint based on gender, sex, age, nation, race and class
