Janet C. Gornick, Marcia K. Meyers ; with contributions by Barbara Bergmann [and others] ; edited with a preface by Erik Olin Wright
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 465 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
The real utopias project ;
Volume Designation
v. 6
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Institutions That Support Gender Equality in Parenthood and Employment / Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers -- Long Leaves, Child Well-Being, and Gender Equality / Barbara R. Bergmann -- Strong Gender Egalitarianism / Harry Brighouse and Erik Olin Wright -- Whose Utipia? / Shireen Hassim -- Reforming Care / Nancy Folbre -- Should Feminists Aim For Gender Symmetry? Why a Dual-Earner/Dual-Caregiver Society is Not Every Feminist's Utopia / Ann Shola Orloff -- Social Policy Principles Applied to Reform of Gender Egalitarianism in Parenthood and Employment / Peter McDonald -- Democratizing Care / Johanna Brenner -- Who Should Care for Under-Threes? / Lane Kenworthy -- The Missing Link for Promoting Gender Equality: Work-Family and Anti-Discrimination Policies / Kathrin Zippel -- A US Model for Universal Sickness and Family Leave: Gender-Egalitarian and Cross-Class Caregiving Support for All / Heidi Hartman and Vicky Lovell -- Class Divisions Among Women / Michael Shalev -- An American Road Map? Framing Feminist Goals in a Liberal Landscape / Myra Marx Ferree -- The Political Path to a Dual-Earner/Dual-Caregiver Society: Pitfalls and Possibilities / Kimberly J. Morgan -- Class Disparities, Market Fundamentalism and Work-Family Policy: Lessons From California / Ruth Milkman -- The Normative and Institutional Embeddedness of Parental Employment: Its Impact on Gender Egalitarianism in Parenthood and Employment / Rosemary Crompton -- Fatherhood, Gender and Work-Family Policies / Scott Coltrane -- What's Culture Got to Do With It? Mothering Ideologies as Barriers to Gender Equity / Cameron Macdonald -- Further Thoughts / Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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'Gender Inequality' explores class disparity, who should care for infants, and fatherhood in a dual-earner family