Women who opt out : the debate over working mothers and work-family balance /
Title By: Jones, Bernie D [Edited by.]
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BookPublisher: New York : New York University Press, c2012.Description: xii, 199 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780814743126 (cl : alk. paper); 0814743129 (cl : alk. paper); 9780814743133 (pb : alk. paper); 0814743137 (pb : alk. paper); 9780814745052 (ebook); 0814745059 (ebook); 9780814745069 (ebook); 0814745067 (ebook)Subject(s): Working mothers -- United States | Wages -- Working mothers -- United States | Sex discrimination in employment -- United States | Women's rights -- United States | Feminism -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 331.4/40973 Online resources: Location Map
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 331.440973 WO ME (Browse shelf) | Available | T0046500 |
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| 331.40973 FR UN Under the bus : | 331.4133 NY SE Sexual difference and industrial relations research. | 331.425 HA RV Harvard business review on women in business. | 331.440973 WO ME Women who opt out : | 331.48164 MI GR Migrant domestic workers and family life : | 331.4816404608691 GL OB Global woman : | 331.4816404608691 GL OB Global woman : |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- "Opting out" : women's history and feminist legal theory -- Introduction: women, work and motherhood in American history / Bernie D. Jones -- Is "opting out" for real? -- The rhetoric and reality of "opting out" : toward a better understanding of professional women's decisions to head home / Pamela Stone and Lisa Ackerly Hernandez -- The real "opt-out revolution" and a new model of flexible careers / Kerstin Aumann and Ellen Galinsky -- Can all women "opt in" before they "opt out?" -- "Opting in" to full labor force participation in hourly jobs / Susan J. Lambert -- The challenges to and consequences of "opting out" for low-wage, new mothers / Maureen Perry-Jenkins -- The future of family caregiving : the value of work-family strategies that benefit both : care consumers and paid care workers / Peggie R. Smith -- Care work and women's employment : a comparative perspective / JoyaMisra -- Conclusion -- The opt out revolution revisited / Joan C. Williams & Jamie Dolkas -- Bibliography -- About the contributors -- Index.