Gender and Political EconomyM.E. Sharpe |
Contents
| 3 | |
Family Troubles Brian Cooper | 21 |
Female Labor Supply During Early Industrialization Womens Labor Force Participation in Historical Perspective Margaret S Coleman | 42 |
Gender Sexuality and Sexual Orientation All in the Feminist Family? MV Lee Badgett | 61 |
A Structural Connection Among Race Gender Class Marxs Political Economy Without the Subject | 78 |
Class Gender and Culture A Discussion of Marxism Feminism and Postmodernism Ann Davis | 92 |
Comparable Worth in a Restructuring Economy Discourse and CounterDiscourse Ellen Mutari and Deborah M Figart | 115 |
Women and Labor Market Flexibility The Cases of Japan and the Former West Germany in the Postwar Years David Kucera | 131 |
Race Class and Occupational Mobility Black and White Women in Service Work in the United States Marilyn Power and Sam Rosenberg | 150 |
Embracing Discrimination? The Interaction Between LowWage Labor Markets and Policies in Aid of the Poor Heather Boushey | 168 |
Reversing the Great UTurn Pay Equity Poverty and Inequality Deborah M Figart and June Lapidus | 186 |
Bibliography | 205 |
About the Editors and Contributors | 233 |
Index | 237 |
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