Women's Work in Britain and France Practice, Theory and Policy |
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Author:
| Gregory, Abigail Windebank, Jan |
ISBN: | 978-0-230-59851-5 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2000 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $56.00 |
Book Description:
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Women's Work in Britain and France is a ground-breaking retheorization of what constitutes 'progress' in gender relations. The book shows that French women, although having more full-time and continuous careers and greater social policy support, retain as great a responsibility for unpaid domestic and caring work as their British counterparts. It replaces the conventional focus upon encouraging women's increased insertion into employment as the principal strategy for achieving progress...
More DescriptionWomen's Work in Britain and France is a ground-breaking retheorization of what constitutes 'progress' in gender relations. The book shows that French women, although having more full-time and continuous careers and greater social policy support, retain as great a responsibility for unpaid domestic and caring work as their British counterparts. It replaces the conventional focus upon encouraging women's increased insertion into employment as the principal strategy for achieving progress in gender relations with a new focus on changing men's work patterns.