Women, Work, and Politics: The Political Economy of Gender Inequality

Torben Iversen; Frances McCall Rosenbluth

Published by Yale University Press 2010

Women, Work, and Politics

The Political Economy of Gender Inequality

Torben Iversen and Frances McCall Rosenbluth

In the series The Institution for Social and Policy Studies

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300153118

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About this book

Looking at women's power in the home, in the workplace, and in politics from a political economy perspective, Torben Iversen and Frances Rosenbluth demonstrate that equality is tied to demand for women's labor outside the home, which is a function of structural, political, and institutional conditions. They go on to explain several anomalies of modern gender politics: why women vote differently from men; why women are better represented in the workforce in the United States than in other countries but less well represented in politics; why men share more of the household work in some countries than in others; and why some countries have such low fertility rates.

The first book to integrate the micro-level of families with the macro-level of national institutions, Women, Work, and Politics presents an original and groundbreaking approach to gender inequality.

Author / Editor information

Torben Iversen is Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. Frances Rosenbluth is Damon Wells Professor of International Politics at Yale University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	ii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvii
1. A Political Economy Approach to Gender Inequality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Structure of Patriarchy: How Bargaining Power Shapes Social Norms and Political Attitudes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
3 .The Gender Division of Labor, or Why Women Work Double Shifts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
4 .Fertility Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
5. Political Preferences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
6. Gender and Political Careers: A Comparative Labor Market Analysis of Female Political Representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
7. Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
REFERENCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 26 b-w illus.

eBook

Published: June 22, 2010
ISBN: 9780300153118