Neil Gilbert Books

"Finds a turn away from broad-based entitlements and automatic benefits to a new, 'enabling' approach defined by policies designed to promote privatization and labor force participation." - dust jacket.

Focuses on the rise in childlessness, along with the outsourcing of family care and household production, which have helped to alter family life. This book examines how the choices women make are influenced by the culture of capitalism, feminist expectations, and the social policies of the welfare state.