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• catalog abstract ""What difference does a written constitution make to public policy? How have women workers fared in a nation bound by constitutional principles, compared with those not covered by formal, written guarantees of fair procedure or equitable outcome? To investigate these questions, Vivien Hart traces the evolution of minimum wage policies in the United States and Britain from their common origins in women's politics around 1900 to their divergent outcomes in our day. She argues, contrary to common wisdom, that the advantage has been with the American constitutional system rather than the British." "Basing her analysis on primary research, Hart reconstructs legal strategies and policy decisions that revolved around the recognition of women as workers and the public definition of gender roles. Contrasting seismic shifts and expansion in American minimum wage policy with indifference and eventual abolition in Britain, she challenges pre-conceptions about the constraints of American constitutionalism versus British flexibility. Though constitutional requirements did block and frustrate women's attempts to gain fair wages, they also, as Hart demonstrates, created a terrain in the United States for principled debate about women, work, and the state - and a momentum for public policy - unparalleled in Britain. Hart's book should be of interest to policy, labor, women's, and legal historians, to political scientists, and to students of gender issues, law, and social policy."--BOOK JACKET.".
• catalog contributor b6355023.
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description ""What difference does a written constitution make to public policy? How have women workers fared in a nation bound by constitutional principles, compared with those not covered by formal, written guarantees of fair procedure or equitable outcome? To investigate these questions, Vivien Hart traces the evolution of minimum wage policies in the United States and Britain from their common origins in women's politics around 1900 to their divergent outcomes in our day. She argues, contrary to common wisdom, that the advantage has been with the American constitutional system rather than the British." "Basing her analysis on primary research, Hart reconstructs legal strategies and policy decisions that revolved around the recognition of women as workers and the public definition of gender roles. Contrasting seismic shifts and expansion in American minimum wage policy with indifference and eventual abolition in Britain, she challenges pre-conceptions about the constraints of American constitutionalism versus British flexibility. Though constitutional requirements did block and frustrate women's attempts to gain fair wages, they also, as Hart demonstrates, created a terrain in the United States for principled debate about women, work, and the state - and a momentum for public policy - unparalleled in Britain. Hart's book should be of interest to policy, labor, women's, and legal historians, to political scientists, and to students of gender issues, law, and social policy."--BOOK JACKET.".
• catalog description "Chapter One: Constitutional politics -- Chapter Two: No sweat: work and women, Britain, 1895-1905 -- Chapter Three: Low-paid workers: the trade boards act, Britain, 1906-1909 -- Chapter Four: A sex problem: the politics of difference, U.S.A., 1907-1921 -- Chapter Five: Police power: the welfare of women, U.S.A., 1907-1921 -- Chapter Six: Gender trap: protection versus equality, U.S.A., 1921-1923 -- Chapter Seven: Due process: the welfare of the economy, U.S.A., 1923-1937 -- Chapter Eight: Labor and commerce: the fair labor standards act, U.S.A., 1937-1938 -- Chapter Nine: Conclusion: The minimum wage in the 1900s".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-246) and index.".
• catalog extent "xv, 255 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "069103480X (acid-free paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "Princeton studies in American politics".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "344/.0121 342.4121 20".
• catalog subject "K1781 .H37 1994".
• catalog subject "Minimum wage Law and legislation Great Britain History.".
• catalog subject "Minimum wage Law and legislation United States History.".
• catalog subject "Sex discrimination in employment Law and legislation Great Britain History.".
• catalog subject "Sex discrimination in employment Law and legislation United States History.".
• catalog subject "Wages Women Law and legislation Great Britain History.".
• catalog subject "Wages Women Law and legislation United States History.".
• catalog subject "Women Employment Great Britain History.".
• catalog subject "Women Employment United States History.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Chapter One: Constitutional politics -- Chapter Two: No sweat: work and women, Britain, 1895-1905 -- Chapter Three: Low-paid workers: the trade boards act, Britain, 1906-1909 -- Chapter Four: A sex problem: the politics of difference, U.S.A., 1907-1921 -- Chapter Five: Police power: the welfare of women, U.S.A., 1907-1921 -- Chapter Six: Gender trap: protection versus equality, U.S.A., 1921-1923 -- Chapter Seven: Due process: the welfare of the economy, U.S.A., 1923-1937 -- Chapter Eight: Labor and commerce: the fair labor standards act, U.S.A., 1937-1938 -- Chapter Nine: Conclusion: The minimum wage in the 1900s".
• catalog title "Bound by our Constitution : women, workers, and the minimum wage / Vivien Hart.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".