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Global Constraints on Gender Equality in Care Work

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  • Shireen Hassim

    (University of the Witwatersrand, Shireen.Hassim@wits.ac.za)

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Gornick and Meyers offer proposals for advancing gender egalitarianism in care of children and in the labor market. This article examines the extent to which these proposals can be extended beyond the United States and other wealthy countries. I argue that the Gornick and Meyers proposals are dependent on a particular set of global and national labor market factors, and on a peculiar configuration of institutions and political forces. The article lays out some of these key contours of the global care labor market, as well as the divergent nature of public and private institutions in developing countries. I venture that the Gornick and Meyers proposals for egalitarianism are not universalizable without radical changes in the global arena.

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  • Shireen Hassim, 2008. "Global Constraints on Gender Equality in Care Work," Politics & Society, , vol. 36(3), pages 388-402, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:polsoc:v:36:y:2008:i:3:p:388-402
    DOI: 10.1177/0032329208320568
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