Gender Equality (Real Utopias Project)

by Meyers (Editor), Gornick (Editor)

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2009
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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.

Synopsis

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.

$40.84

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 474
Publisher: Verso
Published: 24 Aug 2009
ISBN 10: 1844673251
ISBN 13: 9781844673254

Media Reviews

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 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

Author Bio

ERIK OLIN WRIGHT is Vilas Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. His empirical research has focused especially on the changing character of class relations in developed capitalist societies. He is series editor of Verso's Real Utopias Project.