Women Who Opt Out : : The Debate over Working Mothers and Work-Family Balance /

Women Who Opt Out : : The Debate over Working Mothers and Work-Family Balance / / ed. by Bernie D. Jones.

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In a much-publicized and much-maligned 2003 New York Times article, “The Opt-Out Revolution,” the journalist Lisa Belkin made the controversial argument that highly educated women who enter the workplace tend to leave upon marrying and having children. Women Who Opt Out is a collection of original e...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Aumann, Kerstin,
Dolkas, Jamie,
Galinsky, Ellen,
Hernandez, Lisa Ackerly,
Jones, Bernie D.,
Lambert, Susan J.,
Misra, Joya,
Perry-Jenkins, Maureen,
Smith, Peggie R.,
Stone, Pamela,
Williams, Joan C.,
HerausgeberIn:
Jones, Bernie D.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part I . “Opting Out”
  • Introduction: Women, Work, and Motherhood in American History
  • Part II . Is “Opting Out” for Real?
  • 1. The Rhetoric and Reality of “Opting Out”
  • 2 The Real “Opt-Out Revolution” and a New Model of Flexible Careers
  • Part III . Can All Women “Opt In” before They “Opt Out”?
  • 3. “Opting In” to Full Labor Force Participation in Hourly Jobs
  • 4. The Challenges to and Consequences of “Opting Out” for Low-Wage, New Mothers
  • 5. The Future of Family Caregiving
  • 6. Care Work and Women’s Employment
  • Part IV. Conclusion
  • 7. The Opt-Out Revolution Revisited
  • Bibliography
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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