Working Mothers And the Welfare State Religion And the Politics of Work-family Policies in Western Europe And the United States

" This bold and original study makes an important contribution to the literatures on gender and social policy in (and across) several disciplines. Morgan offers a richly documented account of the history and current state of policies toward wage-earning mothers, focusing primarily on child care, in four nations: France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. Sweeping and persuasive, the comparison reveals previously hidden nuances of policy and shows, surprisingly, that religion played a major role in all four cases. Working Mothers and the Welfare State belongs on every reading list." -- Sonya Michel, University of Maryland " This is a terrific book: concise, well written, and packed with useful information on cases that will be of great interest to readers. Morgan's argument about the centrality of the religious cleavage, taking a page from Stein Rokkan, will become a touchstone in discussions of the origins of policies towards women's employment and the welfare state." -- Jonah D. Levy, University of California, BerkeleyMorgan, Kimberly J. is the author of 'Working Mothers And the Welfare State Religion And the Politics of Work-family Policies in Western Europe And the United States', published 2006 under ISBN 9780804754132 and ISBN 0804754136.