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Author Iversen, Torben.

Title Women, work, and politics [electronic resource] : the political economy of gender inequality / Torben Iversen and Frances Rosenbluth.

Imprint New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xvii, 202 p.
Series The Yale ISPS series
Yale ISPS series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A political economy approach to gender inequality -- The structure of patriarchy: how bargaining power shapes social norms and political attitudes -- The gender division of labor, or why women work double shifts -- Fertility -- Political preferences -- Gender and political careers: a comparative labor market analysis of female political representation -- Conclusions.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Women -- Political activity -- United States.
Women and democracy -- United States.
Women -- Economic conditions -- United States.
Women -- Employment -- United States.
Sexual division of labor.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Rosenbluth, Frances McCall.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780300153101 (cloth alk. paper)
9780300171341
0300153104 (cloth alk. paper)
9780300153118 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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