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

by Torben Iversen and Frances Rosenbluth

• ISBN13: 9780300171341
• ISBN10: 030017134X
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2011-08-30
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

An original and groundbreaking exploration of women's power in the home, in the workplace, and in politics from a political economy perspective Book jacket.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
A Political Economy Approach to Gender Inequality	p. 1
The Structure of Patriarchy: How Bargaining Power Shapes Social Norms and Political Attitudes	p. 17
The Gender Division of Labor, or Why Women Work Double Shifts	p. 55
Fertility	p. 81
Political Preferences	p. 110
Gender and Political Careers: A Comparative Labor Market Analysis of Female Political Representation	p. 134
Conclusions	p. 162
Notes	p. 171
References	p. 185
Index	p. 195
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