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Women and the Public Interest - Policy and Protest in American Life

English · Hardback

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Jessie Bernard, in this serious book, pulls into an analytic framework the research, theory, and polemics about the status and problems of women as they relate to public policy

List of contents

Introduction; I: Coming to Terms; 1: Women; 2: The Public Interest Policy, Protest; 3: The Paradoxes of Policy; II: The Public Interest and the Sexual Specialization of Functions; 4: The Functions of Women; 5: The All-Pervading Function: Stroking; III: The Public Interest and the Sexual Division of Labor; 6: The Jobs of Women; 7: Cases in Point; IV: The Pursuit of Happiness: Adjusting the Lives of Women to the Establishment; 8: Reconciling the Incompatible Functions of Women; 9: Women at the Professional Level; V: Protest; 10: The Protesters; 11: Strategies and Tactics; VI: The Pursuit of Happiness: Adjusting the Establishment to the Lives of Women; 12: The Gut Issue: Functions Not Jobs; 13: Some Proposed Ways Out

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Jessie Bernard

Summary

Jessie Bernard, in this serious book, pulls into an analytic framework the research, theory, and polemics about the status and problems of women as they relate to public policy. With a scholarly, deeply concerned eye, the author comprehensively examines areas of public interest, human resource development and utilization, self-fulfillment and sex roles, and the women's liberation movement. Bernard argues that sexual division of labor is at odds with the "general welfare" provision of the Constitution, and that artificial sexual allocation of function impedes the "pursuit of happiness" mandate of the Declaration of Independence.
Avoiding both the shrillness of political rhetoric about women's rights and the dullness of an impersonal research paper, Bernard writes knowledgeably and sympathetically about what women can and should do to change public policy and achieve their goals. She combs the sociological and related literatures to document and analyze women's special burdens and disadvantages in American society and concludes that a radical redrawing of sex roles is necessary. A generally positive discussion of the recent women's liberation movement, including portraits of some of its leaders drawn from personal interviews, is also included.
Designed for all readers, the book can readily serve as an overview of the historical roots of the women's movement. It provides excellent reading for courses in social psychology and sociology. Guidance counselors and personnel directors will find this book of continuing use, in their practical activities on behalf of career-oriented women.

Product details

Authors Jessie Bernard, Bernard Jessie
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.12.2018
 
EAN 9781138540637
ISBN 978-1-138-54063-7
No. of pages 304
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls

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