Domestic and Care Work in Modern France: Gender, Family and the State

by Jan Windebank

This book explores the organization and divisions of labour of domestic and care work in modern France and in so doing, reveals some of the drivers of and obstacles to change in the relationship between gender, the family, and the French state. The book finds that both the policies and social norms that structure how domestic and care work is carried out and by whom in contemporary France have been influenced by historical legacies dating back...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031335635
• ISBN13: 9783031335631
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"