Women, the Family, and Policy: A Global Perspective Contributor(s): Chow, Esther Ngan (Editor), Berheide, Catherine White (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791417859 ISBN-13: 9780791417850 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1994 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 305.4 |
LCCN: 93000847 |
Series: Suny Gender and Society |
Physical Information: 310 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The authors highlight how structural circumstances in countries with various degrees of industrialization are associated with specific policies. The analyses of women's experiences reveal the variety of ways in which private patriarchy in families combines with public patriarchy in economies and states to create a system of domination which subordinates women. The authors detail how gender is constructed under specific political, economic, and cultural circumstances, and seek to understand how state policies with differing sensitivities to women's issues have produced mixed outcomes for women and their families in the process of economic development. |