In the past, a woman would routinely be asked what her husband did for a living. Increasingly, a man is likely to be asked what his wife does for a living. It's a small switch, but it signifies a revolution in gender roles and family life. Leonard Beeghley uses historical and international data to explain the dramatic changes in the way women and men organize their lives together.Beeghley looks at four issuespremarital sex, abortion, divorce, and employment and incomeand discusses how gender roles and family life affect and are affected by changes in each. The key to his analysis is...
In the past, a woman would routinely be asked what her husband did for a living. Increasingly, a man is likely to be asked what his wife does f...
As one of the main players in the second wave of feminism, Sheila Tobias returns to Kate Millet's central tenet, sexual politics, and argues that it can still unite progressive men and women around a common set of goals. Providing a map of a complex terrain, Tobias details generations of issues, each more radical and therefore harder to tackle than the ones before. She sets the story in two contexts: feminism's own evolving strategies and America's political landscape. Even though her passion for feminism remains, she is not unwilling to critique the sisterhood and herself for failing to see,...
As one of the main players in the second wave of feminism, Sheila Tobias returns to Kate Millet's central tenet, sexual politics, and argues that it c...
In Race and Gender Discrimination at Work Samuel Cohns provides a fascinating, unorthodox account of the causes of discrimination at work. The book is packed with statistics, yet witty; rigorous, yet light. Cohn introduces readers to the fundamental realities of race and gender barriers in the workplace, and he goes beyond these as well by introducing startling new reinterpretations. Cohn is tactful enough to appeal to the conservative student, but honest enough to appeal to the feminist student. In the first several chapters, Cohn provides a description of the historical and current...
In Race and Gender Discrimination at Work Samuel Cohns provides a fascinating, unorthodox account of the causes of discrimination at work. The ...
Efforts by American companies to adapt to intense environmental pressures, arising from incessant technological innovation and fierce competition across global product markets, are dramatically changing how firms and their employees work. Daily headlines blare about corporate downsizings, strategic alliances, joint ventures, acquisitions and mergers, huge CEO bonuses despite stagnant wages and rising inequality. The economists' utility-maximizing efficiency theory offers useful but incomplete explanations of these events. Through its depiction of organizational activity as a socially...
Efforts by American companies to adapt to intense environmental pressures, arising from incessant technological innovation and fierce competition acro...
Immigration policy is one of the most contentious issues facing the United States today. In this timely and informative book, David Heer invites readers to examine the data and trends of immigration to the United States and, ultimately, make up their own minds about what our national immigration policy ought to be.
Immigration policy is one of the most contentious issues facing the United States today. In this timely and informative book, David Heer invites reade...
