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

by Frances McCall Rosenbluth and Torben Iversen

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030017134X
• ISBN13: 9780300171341
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 9.0"