For the Family? by Sarah Damaske
Based on research with 80 women, For the Family? debunks the myth that financial needs determine women's workforce participation, revealing that financial resources make it easier for women to remain at work, not easier to leave it.
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This study has much to teach us and I think shape future research as Damaske gets us out of those class-biased assumptions to see that work is a human need that does enrich womenâs lives, but only when they are valued as workers and respected for their multiple roles.
This study has much to teach us and I think shape future research as Damaske gets us out of those class-biased assumptions to see that work is a human need that does enrich womenâs lives, but only when they are valued as workers and respected for their multiple roles.
Sarah Damaske is a postdoctoral fellow in the Sociology Department at Rice University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199791491 |
| ISBN 10 | 019979149X |
| Title | For the Family? |
| Author | Sarah Damaske |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2011-10-13 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
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