Making Motherhood Work - How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2020
Authors:	Caitlyn Collins
Dimensions:	203 x 133 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-0-691-20240-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Birth Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Promotions
LSN:	0-691-20240-0
Barcode:	9780691202402

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