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Welfare State Attitudes to the Male Breadwinning System: The United States and Sweden in Comparative Perspective

Year: 1997

Type: article

Abstract: Human reproduction is a basic economic activity in every society. It includes activities such as maternal care, childcare, old age provision, poor relief, healthcare, and labour protection. In pre-industrial times, human reproduction was typically a part of kin-based household economies, but since the onset of industrialization two new institutional solutions have developed: the male breadwinning system and the welfare state.

Source: International Review of Social History

DOI: 10.1017/s0020859000114828

Author: Lena Sommestad

Language: English

Topic: Social Policy and Reform Studies

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Gender equality

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2074784041

FWCI: 2.283

Cites: 66

Cited by: 49

Related to: 10