For the family? : how class and gender shape women's work /

For the family? : how class and gender shape women's work / / Sarah Damaske.

"In the emotional public debate about women and work, conventional wisdom holds that middle-class women "choose" whether or not to work, while working class "need" to work. Yet, despite the recent economic crisis, national trends show that middle-class women are more likely...

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Damaske, Sarah.
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:xiii, 228 p.
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Table of Contents:
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  • CHAPTER 1: Women's Work Trajectories: Need, Choice and Women's Strategies
  • PART I: EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WORK
  • CHAPTER 2: The Shape of Women's Work Pathways
  • CHAPTER 3: A Major Career Woman? How Women Develop Early Expectations about Work
  • PART II: WORK PATHWAYS
  • CHAPTER 4: Staying Steady: Good Work and Family Support Across Classes
  • CHAPTER 5: Pulling Back: Divergent Routes to Similar Pathways
  • CHAPTER 6: A Life Interrupted
  • PART III: NEGOTIATING EXPECTATIONS
  • CHAPTER 7: For the Family: How Women Account for Work Decisions
  • CHAPTER 8: Having it All? Egalitarian Dreams Deferred
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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