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Women, Work, and Families
Balancing and Weaving

First Edition

Angela Jean Hattery - University of Delaware, United States

Other Titles in:
Family Policy | Sociology of the Family | Work and the Family

February 2001 | 248 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

This study of 30 mothers looks at the varying ways women balance work and family life. It is carried out through intensive interviews and the data is examined from several theoretical standpoints, including structural theory, motherhood theory, and feminist theory.

Introduction and History of Women's Labour Force Participation

Ideologies of Motherhood

Content and the Dominant Model

Balancing and Weaving to Be a `Good' Mother

Theoretical Paradigms for Understanding Maternal Labour Force Participation

To Work or Not to Work? That Is the Question

`Are Children Better Off if They Have New Bikes Rather Than Having You at Home?'

Motherhood Ideology anf the Construction of Economic Need

`He's Got to Learn That the World Is Not Just He Alone'

Solving the Childcare Dilemma

The Power of Ideology and the Ideology of Power

"Hattery’s book is an important contribution to this literature. The book is engaging and is well written. I would recommend this book and encourage Hattery to continue examination of this construct."

Psychology of Women Quarterly