Why was franchise extended to the lower classes and to women? Was it conquered by the excluded groups, threatening that unless they were admitted as citizens they would reach for power by other, revolutionary, means? Or was it voluntarily granted by the incumbent elites? This question is examined statistically, using a new data set covering …
Conquered or Granted? A History of Suffrage Extensions Read More »
This paper gathers a wide range of indicators into distinctive profiles to show how configurations of gender economic inequality are shaped by both welfare state strategies and gender role ideologies. When multiple aspects of gender inequality are assembled together, it becomes evident that all societies exhibit both gender-egalitarian and in-egalitarian features. These tradeoffs can best …
Configurations of gender inequality: the consequences of ideology and public policy Read More »
This book comes very directly from a political movement. The decision to work over some of the territory I had gone through and find out more came out of discussions in women’s liberation and on the left about the situation of women in contemporary capitalism. I felt it would be helpful to try and unravel …
