The age of the male breadwinner and the female caregiver has passed, but gender inequality is as persistent as ever. This major new work intervenes in today's debates on domestic inequality, examining tensions between work and family life for women. "Gender Inequality" explores class disparity, who should care for infants, and fatherhood in a dual-earner family. Surveying the design of public institutions that could significantly mitigate these pressures, contributors including Nancy Folbre, Janet Gornick, and Marcia Meyers offer useful, thought-provoking prescriptions for real change.
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While sharing a common goal of greater equality among men and women, the authors critically discuss whether gender symmetry should be a goal in itself, for whom, and at what costs in terms of social inequalities ... This intense and honest dialogue makes for an exciting book. --Chiara Saraceno
An extremely stimulating and provocative debate. -- Jane Lewis --London School of Economics
With keen insight and passion, Gornick and Meyers show why and how 'dual-earner/dual-caregiver' arrangements are essential for the well-being of post-industrial societies...A wonderful book that is must-reading for experts, policymakers, and caring citizens alike. -- Kathleen Gerson --New York University
An extremely stimulating and provocative debate. -- Jane Lewis --London School of Economics
With keen insight and passion, Gornick and Meyers show why and how 'dual-earner/dual-caregiver' arrangements are essential for the well-being of post-industrial societies...A wonderful book that is must-reading for experts, policymakers, and caring citizens alike. -- Kathleen Gerson --New York University
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JANET C. GORNICK is Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Graduate Centre at the City University of New York (CUNY). MARCIA K. MEYERS is Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs at the University of Washington. Series editor ERIK OLIN WRIGHT is Vilas Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin.
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