Gender, Power and the Household
Description
The chapters in this book illustrate, from a number of different perspectives, the ways in which power is located and articulated through gendered negotiations and acted out within the changing and differing setting of the household. The book is divided into four sections. The first section provides a theoretical, historical and philosophical setting, whilst the following three sections provide empirical contributions which examine aspects of Gendered Care ; dimensions of Gendered Time and Space , and straddling work and home, Gendered Work, Income and Power .
Keywords
Political SciencePublic PolicySocial PolicySocial ScienceGender StudiesSociology
1999Book
Author(s)Linda McKie, S. R. Bowlby, Susan Gregory
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780333695739
LanguageEnglish
