Categories in Context

<p> Despite the wealth of empirical research currently available on the interrelationships of gender and labor we still know comparatively little about the forms of classification and categorization that have helped shape these social phenomena over time. <em>Categories in Context </em>seeks to enrich our understanding of how cognitive categories such as status law and rights have been produced comprehended appropriated and eventually transformed by relevant actors. By focusing on specific developments in France and Germany through a transnational lens this volume produces insights that can be applied to a wide variety of political social and historical contexts.</p>