Mary C. Brinton
Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology and Department Chair
brinton@wjh.harvard.edu
Department of Sociology, Harvard University
580 William James Hall 33 Kirkland Street Cambridge, MA 02138 (email)
The Declining Significance of Gender?
- Citation:
- Brinton, M, Blau FD, Grusky DB. 2007. The Declining Significance of Gender? : Russell Sage Foundation
Abstract:
The Declining Significance of Gender? draws together original essays by leading American sociologists and labor economists who examine contemporary patterns of gender inequality in American labor markets and households to make theoretically informed predictions about whether we are headed for a gender-egalitarian future or not. In collaboration with David Grusky (Stanford University) and Francine Blau (Cornell University), Brinton traces the dominant theoretical paradigms governing our understanding of gender inequality in the introductory chapter of the book, and examines the engines of change or stasis inherent in each theoretical approach.