期刊名称：Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union
印刷版ISSN：2152-8713
电子版ISSN：2154-5731
出版年度：2015
卷号：2015
期号：1
页码：3
出版社：Claremont Colleges
摘要：With an increasing global female presence in political and economic representation, the continuation of a gendered division of labor and the rise of market flexibility draws into question how historical policies and decision making influence sociocultural-value systems, mobility, and market access in Germany. This paper explores the German labor market through the critical lens of labor union formulation, the dynamics within a German-European Union relationship, and social policy reforms to uncover the reasoning and rationale behind the reinforcement of female labor as precarious. An inclusive discourse on correcting imbalances within the formal/public and informal/private spheres must include the devaluing and exploitation of domestic and feminized labor. For Germany, the consistent segregation of female labor into part-time work and social policies that emphasize motherhood and childrearing stress the historical socioeconomic disincentives to enter and retain work within the productive economy.
关键词：gendered division of labor; feminization; labor unions; Germany; feminist theory
