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Paperback. Based on research with 80 women, For the Family? debunks the myth that financial needs determine women's workforce participation, revealing that financial resources make it easier for women to remain at work, not easier to leave it. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 b/w line. BIC Classification: JFSC; JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
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 to work than working-class women. In this timely volume, Sarah Damaske debunks the myth that financial needs determine women's workforce participation, revealing that financial resources make it easier for women to remain at work, not easier to leave it. Departing from mainstream research, Damaske finds not two (working or not working), but three main employment patterns: ... Read more
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 to work than working-class women. In this timely volume, Sarah Damaske debunks the myth that financial needs determine women's workforce participation, revealing that financial resources make it easier for women to remain at work, not easier to leave it. Departing from mainstream research, Damaske finds not two (working or not working), but three main employment patterns: ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199791491
SKU
V9780199791491
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-18
About Sarah Damaske
Sarah Damaske is a postdoctoral fellow in the Sociology Department at Rice University.
Reviews for For the Family?
Outstanding Academic Titles 2012, as selected by CHOICE Magazine (December 2012).
CHOICE
This study has much to teach us and I think shape future research as Damaske gets us out of those class-biased assumptions to see that work is a human need that does enrich womenâs lives, but only when they are valued as workers and respected for ... Read more
CHOICE
This study has much to teach us and I think shape future research as Damaske gets us out of those class-biased assumptions to see that work is a human need that does enrich womenâs lives, but only when they are valued as workers and respected for ... Read more