| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 233 pages) |
| Series |
Understanding families ; v. 19 |
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Understanding families ; v. 19.
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| Contents |
Introduction and History of Women's Labor Force Participation -- Balancing and Weaving -- Theoretical Perspectives -- The Power of Ideology -- A Look Ahead -- History of Women's Labor Force Participation -- Subsistence Cultures -- Agricultural Era -- The Industrial Era -- Racial and Ethnic Diversity -- Patterns in the 20th Century -- Ideologies of Motherhood: Content and the Dominant Model -- Therborn's Writings on Ideology -- Ideology as a Concept -- Ideology and Individual Agency -- Ideology as a Framework -- Ideology as a Social Process -- The Power of Ideology -- Content of Ideologies of Motherhood -- Intensive Mothering -- Competing Ideologies of Motherhood -- Systems of Discourse -- Family Interactions -- Expert Testimony -- Nonexpert High-Profile Testimony -- Balancing and Weaving to Be a "Good" Mother -- Ideal Types -- Pinching Pennies: The Story of Cheryl, a Conformist -- Entitled to Work: The Case of Emily, a Nonconformist -- Trying to Balance It All: The Story of Tammy, a Pragmatist -- I'm the Breadwinner: The Case of Bobbi, a Pragmatist -- Nonoverlapping Shift Work: The Case of Jean, an Innovator -- Working From Home: The Case of Haley, an Innovator -- Taking the Children to Work: The Case of Kate, an Innovator -- Theoretical Paradigms for Understanding Maternal Labor Force Participation -- Structural-Functionalist Paradigm -- Rational Choice Paradigms -- New Home Economics and Human Capital Theory -- Sociostructural perspectives -- Economic Need -- Occupational Opportunity -- Child Care Costs -- Family Size |
| Summary |
This examination of the extraordinary juggling skills of working women who balance obligations to work & family goes beyond description of possible conflicts of interest to seek an understanding of the decision-making process through which they accomplish this balancing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-217) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Working mothers.
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Work and family.
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Motherhood.
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maternity.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- Motherhood.
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Work and family
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Working mothers
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working mother.
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married women.
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family responsibilities.
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statistical table.
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Working mothers.
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Work and family.
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Work-life balance.
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mère exerçant un emploi.
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femmes mariées.
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responsabilités familiales.
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tableau statistique.
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trabajadora madre de familia.
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mujeres casadas.
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responsabilidades familiares.
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cuadros estadísticos.
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USA.
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Etats-Unis.
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Estados Unidos.
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
00010060 |
| ISBN |
9781452264523 |
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145226452X |
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9781452233932 |
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1452233934 |
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1322416117 |
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9781322416113 |
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