Research Catalog

Title

Dividing the domestic : men, women, and household work in cross-national perspective / edited by Judith Treas and Sonja Drobnič.

Publication

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Treas, Judith.
• Drobnič, Sonja.

Description

xv, 261 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Studies in social inequality

Uniform Title

Studies in social inequality.

Subjects

• Housekeeping > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies
• Sexual division of labor > Cross-cultural studies
• Sex role > Cross-cultural studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Why study housework? / Judith Treas -- Trends in housework / Liana C. Sayer -- Women's employment and housework / Tanja van der Lippe -- The politics of housework / Lynn Prince Cooke -- Can state policies produce equality in housework? / Shirley Dex -- Economic inequality and housework / Sanjiv Gupta ... [et al.] -- Cultural and institutional contexts / Birgit Pfau-Effinger -- Beliefs about maternal employment / Maria Charles and Erin Cech -- The institution of marriage / Carrie Yodanis -- Pair relationships and housework / Karl Alexander Röhler and Johannes Huinink -- Men's and women's reports about housework / Claudia Geist -- Concluding thoughts on the societal context of housework / Sonja Drobnič.

Call Number

JFE 10-2030

ISBN

• 9780804763578 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0804763577 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2009035120

OCLC

YBP 2009035120

Title

Dividing the domestic : men, women, and household work in cross-national perspective / edited by Judith Treas and Sonja Drobnič.

Imprint

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.

Series

Studies in social inequality

Studies in social inequality.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Treas, Judith.

Drobnič, Sonja.

Research Call Number

JFE 10-2030