Title Working mothers and the welfare state : religion and the politics of work-family policies in Western Europe and the United States / Kimberly J. Morgan.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	HQ759.48 .M663 2006	Available	---

Description	xii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-239) and index.
Contents	The politics of mothers' employment -- The religious origins of the gendered welfare state -- Employment policies for mothers during the "golden age" of the welfare state, 1945-1975 -- The politics of child care and parental "choice" in Sweden and France, 1975-2005 -- The consolidation of the private market model in the United States -- Openings for change? : the politics of mothers' employment in the Netherlands -- Conclusion: The future of policies for working parents.
Subject	Working mothers -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies.
	Working mothers -- Government policy.
Genre/Form	Cross-cultural studies.
Subject	Working mothers.
	Working mothers -- Government policy -- History.
	History.
	Mothers -- Employment -- History.
	Mothers -- Employment.
	Work and family -- History.
	Work and family.
	Welfare state -- Cross-cultural studies.
	Welfare state.
	Mothers.
ISBN	0804754144 paperback alkaline paper
	0804754136 cloth alkaline paper
	9780804754132 cloth alkaline paper
	9780804754149