| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Are Mothers' Experiences Constrained across States? -- 1. Theorizing the United States as a Welfare State: Lessons from Previous Research and Directions for the Future -- 2. Mapping the "United" States: Maternal Employment, Child Care, and School-Aged-Care Resources -- 3. State Politics, Policies, and Maternal Employment: Examining Female Social and Political Empowerment across States -- 4. Toward a Typology of U.S. Mother-Friendly Welfare States and Its Political, Religious, and Sociodemographic Determinants. |
| Contents |
5. Gendered Institutional State Contexts and Gender-Empowered and Child-Care Regimes -- Conclusion: Policy Recommendations for the Future -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Abstract |
"The calculus for mothers between working and staying at home varies across U.S. states. Lower costs and longer school days tend to help mothers return to work after giving birth. States tend to offer either better workplace protection or affordable child care, but few states support mothers across their employment needs"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-161) and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 08, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Ruppanner, Leah, 1981- Motherlands. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2020 9781439918654 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019052017 |
| ISBN | 9781439918678 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1439918678 electronic book |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | paperback |
