Changing Gender Relations, Changing Families: Tracing the Pace of Change Over Time (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780742546233)

It's common knowledge that responsibilities in the home are not divided equally between men and women. Feminists bemoan how slowly this gender gap is changing. Sociologist Oriel Sullivan, however, focuses on the neglected topic of the processes of change, discussing changing domestic gender practices on many different levels-from changes in attitudes about gender equality in the home to the quantitative analysis of change in the domestic division of labor. His newly developed theoretical approach connects the wider discussion of gender practices within the home to the interactions and negotiations that individuals engage in on a day-to-day basis. He includes empirical evidence for change, presenting findings based upon directly comparable cross-national data from the mid-1960s to the late 1990s. This book will appeal to readers interested in gender studies, sociology, and in the changing gender equity of the home.

Author: Oriel Sullivan
ISBN-10: 0742546233
ISBN-13: 9780742546233
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2006
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.39d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2006 pg. 169