Women in the economy, the state and development: an overview -- Economic development and women in Ireland, 1961 -- 1981 -- What went wrong? Possible traditional and feminist explanations -- The role of the state -- The main lesson of the Irish case examined at the regional level -- Lessons for the women in the economy literatures and implications for the theory of the state and feminist theory -- Appendixes: A. The decomposition analysis -- B. Relative wage hypothesis -- C. Components of the change in population in Ireland, 1901 -- 1981 -- D. Vote maximization function -- E. Other state policies
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and index
