Hard choices : how women decide about work, career and motherhood /
How do women choose between work and family commitments? And what are the causes, limits, and consequences of the ""subtle revolution"" in women's choices over the 1960s and 1970s? To answer these questions, Kathleen Gerson analyzes the experiences of a carefully selected gr...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
1986.
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| Series: | California series on social choice and political economy.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=295067 |
Table of Contents:
- Women's Work and Family Decisions: The "Subtle Revolution" in Historical Perspective
- Explaining Women's Behavior: A Theoretical Overview
- Baselines
- Veering Away from Domesticity
- Veering Toward Domesticity
- Homemaking Versus Childlessness
- Combining Work and Motherhood
- The Changing Contours of Women's Place
- The Politics of Parenthood.