The Workings of the Household: A US-UK Comparison

1. This original work brings together two areas of study which have previously been studied separately: labour market structures and the organization of the household. 2. It assesses and criticizes previous approaches to the household and argues that gender relations within the home cannot be understood fully without reference to economic and social factors outside the home. 3. The work is fully comparative, analysing data from both the USA and the UK.