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

Publication Data

• Title Women, work, and politics : the political economy of gender inequality
• Author Torben Iversen
• Contributor Frances McCall Rosenbluth
• Publisher Yale University Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location New Haven, Conn.
• Language English

Contents

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.

Topics

• Women :: Political activity :: United States
• Women and democracy :: United States
• Women :: Economic conditions :: United States
• Women :: Employment :: United States
• Sexual division of labor

Women, work, and politics : the political economy of gender inequality by Torben Iversen. ISBN 9780300153101. Published by Yale University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.