Women, Work, and Families

1st Edition

Balancing and Weaving

Angela Jean Hattery
eISBN-13: 9781452264523

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<p>"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." </p> <p>- Psychology of Women Quarterly</p> <p>Women, Work, and Family: Balancing and Weaving is a fascinating examination of the extraordinary juggling skills of working mothers who balance their obligations to both work and family. Angela Hattery goes beyond a mere description of women′s conflicts of interest and seeks to understand the decision-making process through which they accomplish this balancing. </p> <p>Through intensive interviews with 30 married women, all with children under 2 years of age, Hattery uncovers a remarkable range of ways in which these women weave together the complex strands of their lives. The data in the volume are examined from a number of theoretical standpoints, including structural theory, motherhood theory, and feminist theory. A key variable that runs through the data is economic need, which has an obvious effect on work patterns. Women, Work, and Family will make a major contribution to family studies and will illuminate the difficult choices that women make within the family/work context. </p>

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ISBNs 145226452X, 9781452264523, 9780761919360, 9780761919377
Language English
Number of Pages 249
Edition 1st