For the Family?: How Class and Gender Shape Women's Work

by Sarah Damaske

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In the contentious debate about women and work, conventional wisdom holds that middle-class women can decide if they work, while working-class women need to work. Yet, even after the recent economic crisis, middle-class women are more likely to work than working-class women. Sarah Damaske deflates the myth that financial needs dictate if women work, revealing that financial resources make it easier for women to remain at work and not easier to leave...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:019979149X

ISBN13:9780199791491

Release Date:October 2011

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.83 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Business Business & Investing Class Economics Marriage & Family Politics & Social Sciences Popular Economics Social Science Social Sciences Women's Studies

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