New Feminist Agenda Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work, and Family

Name: New Feminist Agenda Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work, and Family
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ISBN: 9781603582919

ISBN-10: 1603582916

ISBN-13: 9781603582919

Edition: 2012

Authors: Madeleine Kunin

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Feminists opened up thousands of doors in the 1960s and 1970s, but decades later, are U.S. women where they thought they'd be? The answer, it turns out, is a resounding no. Surely there have been gains. Women now comprise nearly 60 percent of college undergraduates and half of all medical and law students. They have entered the workforce in record numbers, making the two-wage-earner family the norm. But combining a career and family turned out to be more complicated than expected. While women changed, social structures surrounding work and family remained static. Affordable and high-quality child care, paid family leave, and equal pay for equal work remain elusive for the vast majority of…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Publication date: 4/23/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990



Acknowledgments



Time for a New Revolution



Back to the Family, After All



What Can We Learn from the Rest of the World?



What Can We Learn from Similar Nations: England, Australia, and Canada?



American Exceptionalism, Political Divisions, and the States



Win-Win: Workplace Flexibility



The Early Years: Child Care and Early Education



New Family Portraits



How Women Leaders Make a Difference



What Women Need to Create Equal Opportunities in the Workplace



Building a Coalition



Child Poverty



How Do We Win?


Notes


Index