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Author:

Harrington Meyer, Madonna, 1959-

Title:

Market friendly or family friendly? : the state and gender inequality in old age / Madonna Harrington Meyer and Pamela Herd.

Publisher:

Russell Sage Foundation,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xvii, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Older women--United States.
Older women--United States--Social conditions.
Sex role--United States.
United States--Social policy.

Other Authors:

Herd, Pamela.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-217) and index.

Contents:

Disappearing problems? Gender inequality in old age -- Market friendly or family friendly? The role of the state -- Accumulating inequality at work and at home -- The business of retirement -- The business of health -- Market-friendly proposals : entrenching inequality -- Family-friendly proposals : entrenching equality.

Series:

Rose series in sociology

ISBN:

9780871545985 (alk. paper)
0871545985 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007008382

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)