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Women, work, and politics : the political economy of gender inequality /

Iversen, Torben.

Women, work, and politics : the political economy of gender inequality / Torben Iversen and Frances Rosenbluth. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010. - xvii, 202 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ; pbk. - The Yale ISPS series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780300153101 (pbk.) 9780300171341 030017134X 0300153104 9780300153101: £27.50

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Women--Political activity--United States
Women and democracy--United States
Women--Economic conditions--United States
Women--Employment--United States
Sexual division of labor.
Society.
Political economy
Gender studies: women & girls

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