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The incomplete revolution : adapting to women's new roles

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  • Author: Esping-Andersen, Gøsta
    Date:
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    2009
    Summary:

    Our future depends very much on how we respond to three great challenges of the new century, all of which threaten to increase social inequality: first, how we adapt institutions to the new role of women; second, how we prepare our children for the knowledge economy; and, third, how we respond to the new demography.

    Contents:
    • 1. Families and the revolution in women's roles
    • 2. new inequalities
    • 3. Adapting family policy to the female revolution
    • 4. Investing in children and equalizing life chances
    • 5. Ageing and equity.
    Genre:
    Social science
    Subject(s): Cross-cultural studies | Welfare state | Women | Family policy | Sex role | Social policy
    Original Publisher: Cambridge, UK, Malden, MA, Polity
    Language(s): English