ABSTRACT
Three paradoxes surround the division of the costs of social reproduction:* Women have entered the paid labour force in growing numbers, but they continue to perform most of the unpaid labour of housework and childcare.* Birth rates have fallen but more and more mothers are supporting children on their own, with little or no assistance from fathers
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I CONCEPTS OF SOCIAL REPRODUCTION
part |2 pages
Part II HISTORIES OF SOCIAL REPRODUCTION