The Feminization of Poverty: Only in America?

by Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg

Book Overview

This comprehensive and carefully organized collection provides an overview of the relationship between gender and economic stratification in seven industrialized countries. Everywhere, as a Polish commentator notes, men have too much power, and women too much work.' Nevertheless, these studies reveal large differences in the circumstances of women in different countries and help to illuminate the several developments in the labor market, the family,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275936910
• ISBN13: 9780275936914
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.7"