1st Edition
The Interplay Between Gender, Markets and the State in Sweden, Germany and the United States
By Lilja Mosesdottir
Copyright 2001
250 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2001. The development of gender relations during the post-war period in Sweden, Germany and the US forms the core of this work. It looks at the hierarchical relations between men and women based on economic, political, social and biological differentiations. The analytical focus is primarily on how actors, cultural norms and institutional arrangements interrelate... Read more
Introduction, 1 A Theoretical Framework for the Study of the State and Gender Relations, 2 Women's Encounter with the State during the Post- War Period, 3 The Feminisation of the Labour Force and the Withdrawal of Men, 4 Gender Segregation in the Swedish, German and the American Labour Markets, 5 The Shift from the Male Breadwinner Model towards the Dual Breadwinner Model, 6 Regimes of Gender Relations, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Lilja Mosesdottir
