| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
A Naomi Schneider book
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
"A Naomi Schneider book"--[Front matter]. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Great expectations -- The siren call of privileged domesticity -- Putting family first : the slow return -- Career relaunch : heeding the call -- Questing and reinvention -- The big picture -- The paradox of privilege and beyond -- Appendix : study methodology. |
| Summary |
"Interrupting a professional career is, for women who opt out, a conflicted decision of last resort. Most women envision returning to the labor force even as they leave it. But can they? Drawing on unique research that follows up women first interviewed for Opting Out?, Career, Interrupted profiles the efforts of a group of high-achieving women to go back to work. The good news is that these women, who are able to draw on considerable resources, are successful. The bad news is that they face cross pressures of class and gender that create what we call the paradox of privilege, which reinforces gender inequality in the family and workplace and results in re-entry strategies that either marginalize them as contingent workers or, for the sizeable fraction who radically reinvent themselves, segregate them in female-dominated fields. The book offers an in-depth look at the pressures high potential women face as they struggle with the mixed signals of their class privilege--promise compromised by patriarchy--and offers up-close and personal insights in to how the twin pillars of gender inequality--the leadership and wage gaps--are created and maintained by the very women expected to transcend them"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Employment re-entry -- United States.
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Work and family -- United States.
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Choice (Psychology)
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Life change events.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. |
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Choice (Psychology) |
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Life change events |
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Women -- Employment re-entry |
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Work and family |
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United States |
| Indexed Term |
21st century. |
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back to work. |
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break. |
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career. |
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feminist. |
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gender equality. |
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gender gap. |
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gender inequality. |
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gender studies. |
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gig economy. |
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inspiring. |
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leadership. |
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modern world. |
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motivational. |
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nonprofit. |
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privilege. |
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professional women. |
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professional world. |
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professional. |
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re entering the workforce. |
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return to work. |
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staying home. |
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strong women. |
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struggles. |
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time off. |
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true stories. |
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women in power. |
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women in the workplace. |
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womens issues. |
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working women. |
| Added Author |
Lovejoy, Meg, 1962- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stone, Pamela, 1950- Opting back in. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520290808 (DLC) 2019006654 |
| ISBN |
9780520964792 electronic book |
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0520964799 electronic book |
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9780520290808 hardcover alkaline paper |
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