I: Overview; 1: Postwar Trends and Patterns; 2: Choice, Contracts, and Structure; II: Households; 3: Household Formation, Marriage, and Divorce; 4: Reproduction and Production in the Household; 5: Consumption, Savings, and Retirement; III: Employment; 6: The Employment Relationship; 7: Gender, Jobs, and Wages; IV: The Future; 8: Future Trends in Households Employment, and Gender
Paula England is professor of sociology at New York University where she specializes in the areas of changing family patterns, sexual behavior, gender and labor markets, and interdisciplinary integration. She is the author or editor of numerous books, including Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America, and Unmarried Couples with Children.
-England and Farkas combine... theoretical and empirical work in
several broad disciplinary areas... The authors aim to provide a
new way of viewing arrangements within households and employment
which simultaneously draws upon the individualistic approach of
microeconomic and social exchange theory (choice) and the -new
structuralist- sociology and social demography (constraint) which
draws parallels between households and employment, and which can
explain the arrangements of the 1950s as well as those of the
1980s... England and Farkas' book could be used as a primary text
in advanced undergraduate and graduate level classes, and I would
consider it a -must- for anyone in these fields.- --Patricia A.
Gwartney-Gibbs, Contemporary Sociology -This book represents an
important advancement toward the integration of theory in gender
stratification... Their model explains why discrimination persists
despite the competitive advantage afforded to nondiscriminating
firms as discussed in the neoclassical economic perspective. I
found the greatest achievement of the book to be the integration of
different theories in economics and sociology into one conceptual
framework. This approach recognizes important contributions from
both disciplines that are often lost when researchers are engrossed
in one perspective.- --M. Therese Stafford, Social Science
Quarterly -This volume reviews the American research literature
concerning households, employment, and gender roles... The text is
primarily descriptive, integrating a good selection of references
from the economic, sociological, and demographic literature... The
text is useful as a reader, providing information in a nontechnical
fashion.- --P.E.H., Population and Development Review -England and
Farkas cite a considerable body of research literature that
demonstrates how structural position shapes and reinforces
behaviors and values useful for survival in those positions and how
those traits in turn sharply limit alternatives in otherwise
rational choices individuals make regarding work and family...
Their arguments are thoroughly grounded... in demography,
sociology, and economics... The book will be valuable to scholars
of gender, work, and family, and it is written in a style that also
makes... theory and research on these issues easily accessible to a
general audience.- --William T. Bielby, Science -This book sets out
to integrate economic and sociological theories of the interplay of
economic activity and family life and to explain major changes and
coninuities in North American society during the post-war era...
The book is recommended for its interdisciplinary review of the
literature as well as the cogency of its arguments. In particular,
the authors should be congratulated for introducing the concepts of
'emotional work' and 'role overload' to the description of women's
place in contemporary society, and for providing us with an example
of how fruitful intellectual co-operation between sexes as well as
between disciplines can be.- --Heather Joshi, Population Studies
-England and Farkas set out to examine the changes in households
and employment since World War II, using the concepts of search and
implicit contract to provide a framework... England and Farkas's
exposition is interesting and lucid... In considering possible
future developments, England and Farkas argue that women's marital
power will increase as their labor market increases, but it will
never equal that of men until men share the unpaid work of the
private sphere.- --Jane Lewis, American Journal of Sociology
-England and Farkas do a remark-ably good job in demonstrating how
labor economists' recent for-mulations of the employer-worker
relation elucidate a central socio-logical problem.- --Beverly
Duncan, University ofCalifornia-Santa Barbara -This book deserves
to be influen-tial among economists, sociolo-gists, and their
students inter-ested in sex roles in the family and workplace...
England and Farkas have performed a valuable service for both
disciplines.- --Barbara R. Bergmann, University of Maryland
-Husbands and wives today must organize their household lives
without the clear normative guidelines of earlier times. To show
how they do this, England and Farkas develop a new analyti-cal
framework around the concept of contract.- --Ida H. Simpson, Duke
University
"England and Farkas combine... theoretical and empirical work in
several broad disciplinary areas... The authors aim to provide a
new way of viewing arrangements within households and employment
which simultaneously draws upon the individualistic approach of
microeconomic and social exchange theory (choice) and the "new
structuralist" sociology and social demography (constraint) which
draws parallels between households and employment, and which can
explain the arrangements of the 1950s as well as those of the
1980s... England and Farkas' book could be used as a primary text
in advanced undergraduate and graduate level classes, and I would
consider it a "must" for anyone in these fields." --Patricia A.
Gwartney-Gibbs, Contemporary Sociology "This book represents an
important advancement toward the integration of theory in gender
stratification... Their model explains why discrimination persists
despite the competitive advantage afforded to nondiscriminating
firms as discussed in the neoclassical economic perspective. I
found the greatest achievement of the book to be the integration of
different theories in economics and sociology into one conceptual
framework. This approach recognizes important contributions from
both disciplines that are often lost when researchers are engrossed
in one perspective." --M. Therese Stafford, Social Science
Quarterly "This volume reviews the American research literature
concerning households, employment, and gender roles... The text is
primarily descriptive, integrating a good selection of references
from the economic, sociological, and demographic literature... The
text is useful as a reader, providing information in a nontechnical
fashion." --P.E.H., Population and Development Review "England and
Farkas cite a considerable body of research literature that
demonstrates how structural position shapes and reinforces
behaviors and values useful for survival in those positions and how
those traits in turn sharply limit alternatives in otherwise
rational choices individuals make regarding work and family...
Their arguments are thoroughly grounded... in demography,
sociology, and economics... The book will be valuable to scholars
of gender, work, and family, and it is written in a style that also
makes... theory and research on these issues easily accessible to a
general audience." --William T. Bielby, Science "This book sets out
to integrate economic and sociological theories of the interplay of
economic activity and family life and to explain major changes and
coninuities in North American society during the post-war era...
The book is recommended for its interdisciplinary review of the
literature as well as the cogency of its arguments. In particular,
the authors should be congratulated for introducing the concepts of
'emotional work' and 'role overload' to the description of women's
place in contemporary society, and for providing us with an example
of how fruitful intellectual co-operation between sexes as well as
between disciplines can be." --Heather Joshi, Population Studies
"England and Farkas set out to examine the changes in households
and employment since World War II, using the concepts of search and
implicit contract to provide a framework... England and Farkas's
exposition is interesting and lucid... In considering possible
future developments, England and Farkas argue that women's marital
power will increase as their labor market increases, but it will
never equal that of men until men share the unpaid work of the
private sphere." --Jane Lewis, American Journal of Sociology
"England and Farkas do a remark-ably good job in demonstrating how
labor economists' recent for-mulations of the employer-worker
relation elucidate a central socio-logical problem." --Beverly
Duncan, University ofCalifornia-Santa Barbara "This book deserves
to be influen-tial among economists, sociolo-gists, and their
students inter-ested in sex roles in the family and workplace...
England and Farkas have performed a valuable service for both
disciplines." --Barbara R. Bergmann, University of Maryland
"Husbands and wives today must organize their household lives
without the clear normative guidelines of earlier times. To show
how they do this, England and Farkas develop a new analyti-cal
framework around the concept of contract." --Ida H. Simpson, Duke
University
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