Mother's Work: How Feminism, the Market, and Policy Shape Family Life

by Neil Gilbert

Book Overview

A fresh perspective on the struggle to balance work and family life

The question of how best to combine work and family life has led to lively debates in recent years. Both a lifestyle and a policy issue, it has been addressed psychologically, socially, and economically, and conclusions have been hotly contested. But as Neil Gilbert shows in this penetrating and provocative book, we haven't looked closely enough at how and why these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300164610
• ISBN13: 9780300164619
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.1"