At last, a book that leaps past the current work-family debate. It is time to free women and men to nurture their children and support their families. Brilliant! -- Joan Blades, co-founder of MoveOn.org and MomsRising.org An incisive analysis that is both a joy to read and a must read. Williams shows that work-family conflict is not just an issue for women's magazines; it is at the core of what ails America. Changing the way we think about gender in the workplace is the first step toward a more politically potent progressive agenda, and this book illuminates the path forward. -- Heather Boushey, Senior Economist, Center for American Progress In this sensible and erudite book, Williams exposes the myths that have dominated work and family policy discussions and argues for the inclusion of men's activities and differences by class. By adding these crucial dimensions, she points the way toward simpler, smarter, and more sober analyses. -- Michael Kimmel, author of Manhood in America: A Cultural History A very important book. Skillfully cracking popular myths about the 'average family,' Williams offers a fascinating analysis of the importance of workplace culture, the code of masculinity, and class blindness in perpetuating widespread work-family tensions. -- Sharon Hays, author of Flat Broke with Children Reshaping the Work-Family Debate cements the position of Williams as one of the most imaginative and influential legal theorists and activists of her generation. Every American citizen--female and male, rich and poor--who is part of a family or a workplace will benefit from wrestling with the ideas of this visionary realist. -- James T. Kloppenberg, Harvard University This book will transform how we think about work and family issues as it shows how gender traditionalism and recent culture wars are fueled by the hidden injuries of class. Long a leader in the work-family field, Williams guides us to solutions that make sense in today's world. -- Naomi Cahn, co-author of Red Families v. Blue Families This ambitious book is a much-needed breath of fresh air in the recycled atmosphere of debates about work-family conflicts and the stalling of the gender revolution. -- Cecilia Ridgeway, Stanford University This refreshing, empirically based book offers solutions for a wide-ranging audience: business leaders, diversity professionals, and executive coaches; and for men and women struggling to understand why equal sharing is so hard to achieve at home, and work-family balance is so hard to achieve at work. -- Robin Ely, Harvard Business School
Joan C. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law, 1066 Foundation Chair, and Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
At last, a book that leaps past the current work-family debate. It
is time to free women and men to nurture their children and
support their families. Brilliant! -- Joan Blades, co-founder of
MoveOn.org and MomsRising.org
An incisive analysis that is both a joy to read and a must read.
Williams shows that work-family conflict is not just an issue for
women's magazines; it is at the core of what ails America. Changing
the way we think about gender in the workplace is the first step
toward a more politically potent progressive agenda, and this book
illuminates the path forward. -- Heather Boushey, Senior Economist,
Center for American Progress
In this sensible and erudite book, Williams exposes the myths that
have dominated work and family policy discussions and argues for
the inclusion of men's activities and differences by class. By
adding these crucial dimensions, she points the way toward simpler,
smarter, and more sober analyses. -- Michael Kimmel, author of
Manhood in America: A Cultural History
A very important book. Skillfully cracking popular myths about the
'average family,' Williams offers a fascinating analysis of the
importance of workplace culture, the code of masculinity, and class
blindness in perpetuating widespread work-family tensions. --
Sharon Hays, author of Flat Broke with Children
Reshaping the Work-Family Debate cements the position of
Williams as one of the most imaginative and influential legal
theorists and activists of her generation. Every American
citizen--female and male, rich and poor--who is part of a family or
a workplace will benefit from wrestling with the ideas of this
visionary realist. -- James T. Kloppenberg, Harvard University
This book will transform how we think about work and family issues
as it shows how gender traditionalism and recent culture wars are
fueled by the hidden injuries of class. Long a leader in the
work-family field, Williams guides us to solutions that make sense
in today's world. -- Naomi Cahn, co-author of Red Families v.
Blue Families
This ambitious book is a much-needed breath of fresh air in the
recycled atmosphere of debates about work-family conflicts and the
stalling of the gender revolution. -- Cecilia Ridgeway, Stanford
University
This refreshing, empirically based book offers solutions for a
wide-ranging audience: business leaders, diversity professionals,
and executive coaches; and for men and women struggling to
understand why equal sharing is so hard to achieve at home, and
work-family balance is so hard to achieve at work. -- Robin Ely,
Harvard Business School
In her brilliantly insightful new book, Reshaping the
Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter, Joan C. Williams
suggests that in order to finish the stalled gender revolution it
will be necessary to incorporate both men and class into
discussions of work-family conflict. Williams writes beautifully
and one of the many strengths of the book is her ability to
synthesize massive amounts of disparate research from the law,
sociology, psychology and politics, and turn them into one
compelling case for change...This book will join Williams' first,
Unbending Gender, as a key piece in the canon of work-family
scholarship. It is essential reading for all work-family scholars
across a wide range of disciplines...It should be added to the
pantheon of other contemporary gender scholarship that has moved
the work-family debate forward...It is my hope that it will also
prove to be essential reading for politicians seeking progressive
solutions. -- Sarah Damaske * Sex Roles *
The most engaging and thought provoking portions of the book are
those focused on understanding how masculinized workplace social
norms are restrictive to both men and women and the fact that such
norms are reflective of the devaluing of caretaking in our society.
In doing so, Williams helps to place societal discussions of
work-family into a broader context, thereby highlighting the
crucial roles played by larger social forces (such as the structure
of workplace organizations and gender norms) in shaping the
work-family decisions made by men and women...Williams' commitment
to effecting real change in work-family policy is refreshing, and
she does place needed emphasis on social class and concrete
political strategies. Readers of Reshaping the Work-Family
Debate will not only be encouraged to think about work-family
issues differently, but will also be impressed with Williams'
dedication to the coalition building she views as necessary to
bring about meaningful social change that allows everyone to lead
healthier, more balanced lives -- Krista Lynn Minnotte * Teachers
College Record *
Williams is eloquent on the stresses created for both men and women
by a workplace culture that relies on the old image of the
hard-working, always available husband and the stay-at-home wife.
She unmasks the fact that women do not drop out of the workplace,
as the media often claim, but rather are pushed. -- Jean Hardisty *
Women's Review of Books *
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