A Mother's Work: How Feminism, the Market, and Policy Shape Family Life
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A Mother's Work takes a hard look at the unprecedented rise in childlessness that, along with the outsourcing of family care and household production, has helped to alter family life since the 1960s. Neil Gilbert challenges the conventional view on how to balance motherhood and employment, and examines how the choices women make are influenced by the culture of capitalism, feminist expectations, and the social policies of the welfare state.
Acknowledgments ixIntroduction 1I Responding to the Tensions of Work and Family1 The Social Context: Motherhood in Decline? 92 Work and Family: The Choices Women Make 29II Capitalism, Feminism, and the Family-Friendly State3 Capitalism and Motherhood: Does It Pay to Have Children? 514 Feminist Expectations: Who Suffers from the Problem That Has No Name? 875 How Family Friendly Are Family-Friendly Policies? 124Conclusion: An Alternative to the Male Model6 Rethinking Family Policy 159Appendix: Data on Factors Related to Fertility 185Notes 191Index 219
