Exploitation or opportunity?: The contradictions of child-care policy in the contemporary United States

Author(s): Tuominen, Mary
Date Issued: 1997
Description: An analysis of the ways in which government policies exploit women child care workers through their employment as gendered, low-waged, no-benefit, contingent workers in state-subsidized, home-based child care
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Journal Title: Women & Politics
Volume Number: 18
Issue Number: 1
Page Range: 53-80
Topics: Child Care & Early Education Providers/Organizations > Provider Type/Setting > Family, Friend, & Neighbor (Informal)

Child Care & Early Education Provider Workforce > Working Conditions
Country: United States
States: WASHINGTON
ISSN: 0195-7732 Paper
Peer Reviewed: yes
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