Women, work, and politics
Subtitle: the political economy of gender inequality
By: Torben Iversen, Frances Rosenbluth.
Contributors: Rosenbluth, Frances McCall.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300153101
Subjects: Women -- Political activity -- United States; Women and democracy -- United States; Women -- Economic conditions -- United States; Women -- Employment -- United States; Sexual division of labor
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: A political economy approach to gender inequality; title: The political economy of patriarchy: how bargaining power shapes social norms and political attitudes; title: The gender division of labor, or why women work double shifts; title: Fertility; title: Political preferences; title: Gender and political careers: a comparative labor market analysis of female political representation; title: Conclusions.