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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrinceton University Press

ISBN-100691202400

ISBN-139780691202402

eBay Product ID (ePID)14038699035

Product Key Features

Number of Pages360 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMaking Motherhood Work : How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving

Publication Year2020

SubjectPublic Policy / Cultural Policy, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Sociology / Marriage & Family

TypeTextbook

AuthorCaitlyn Collins

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight12.5 Oz

Item Length8.1 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsWinner of the PROSE Award in Anthropology, Criminology, and Sociology, Association of American Publishers, Co-Winner of the William J. Goode Book Award, Family Section of the American Sociological Association

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal306.8743

SynopsisA cross-national account of working mothers' daily lives--and the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve them., A moving account of working mothers' daily lives--and the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve them The work-family conflict that mothers experience today is a national crisis. Women struggle to balance breadwinning with the bulk of parenting, and social policies aren't helping. Of all Western industrialized countries, the United States ranks dead last for supportive work-family policies. Can American women look to Europe for solutions? Making Motherhood Work draws on interviews that Caitlyn Collins conducted over five years with 135 middle-class working mothers in Sweden, Germany, Italy, and the United States. She explores how women navigate work and family given the different policy supports available in each country. Taking readers into women's homes, neighborhoods, and workplaces, Collins shows that mothers' expectations depend on context and that policies alone cannot solve women's struggles. With women held to unrealistic standards, the best solutions demand that we redefine motherhood, work, and family. This edition includes discussion questions for reading groups., A moving account of working mothers' daily lives-and the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve themThe work-family conflict that mothers experience today is a national crisis. Women struggle to balance breadwinning with the bulk of parenting, and social policies aren't helping. Of all Western industrialized countries, the United States ranks dead last for supportive work-family policies. Can American women look to Europe for solutions? Making Motherhood Work draws on interviews that Caitlyn Collins conducted over five years with 135 middle-class working mothers in Sweden, Germany, Italy, and the United States. She explores how women navigate work and family given the different policy supports available in each country. Taking readers into women's homes, neighborhoods, and workplaces, Collins shows that mothers' expectations depend on context and that policies alone cannot solve women's struggles. With women held to unrealistic standards, the best solutions demand that we redefine motherhood, work, and family.This edition includes discussion questions for reading groups.

LC Classification NumberHQ759.48.C65 2020