Women, the Family, and Policy: A Global Perspective (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780791417867)

The authors highlight how structural circumstances in countries with various degrees of industrialization are associated with specific policies. The analyses of women's experiences reveal the variety of ways in which private patriarchy in families combines with public patriarchy in economies and states to create a system of domination which subordinates women. The authors detail how gender is constructed under specific political, economic, and cultural circumstances, and seek to understand how state policies with differing sensitivities to women's issues have produced mixed outcomes for women and their families in the process of economic development.

Author: Esther Ngan-Ling Chow
ISBN-10: 0791417867
ISBN-13: 9780791417867
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 06/07/1994
Pages: 310
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d