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Gender and Power in the Workplace: Analysing the Impact of Economic Change
Harriet Bradley
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Description for Gender and Power in the Workplace: Analysing the Impact of Economic Change
Hardcover. Explores the changing dynamics of gender and class and the interaction between them as they impact on relations between men and women in the workplace. The author illustrates tensions and power conflicts as workers struggle to make sense of their experience in a period of economic change. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340. Clean copy
After over two decades of feminist campaigning, why is it that men are still paid more than women and established patterns of gender segregation persist? Are the feminization of the labour force and the rise of dual-earning couples radically affecting the sexual division of labour in the home and at work? What roles are played by trade unions in promoting equality between the sexes? And if women are finally breaking through 'glass ceilings', is it at the expense of men? This important new textbook explores these questions using original material from interviews with female and male employees ... Read more
After over two decades of feminist campaigning, why is it that men are still paid more than women and established patterns of gender segregation persist? Are the feminization of the labour force and the rise of dual-earning couples radically affecting the sexual division of labour in the home and at work? What roles are played by trade unions in promoting equality between the sexes? And if women are finally breaking through 'glass ceilings', is it at the expense of men? This important new textbook explores these questions using original material from interviews with female and male employees ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan London
Number of pages
264
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333681770
SKU
KEX0201911
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Harriet Bradley
HARRIET BRADLEY is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Bristol, having previously taught at Sunderland and Durham. Her research interests include women's work and employment, trade unions and labour history, social inequalities and gender. She is author of Men's Work, Women's Work and Fractured Identities.
Reviews for Gender and Power in the Workplace: Analysing the Impact of Economic Change
'The book is a welcome addition to the genre of workplace studies. Its joint focus on class and gender is refreshing...It will interst sociologists of work, and economic geographers and its clear style makes it accessible to undergraduate readers.' - Linda Mcdowell, Cambridge University Journal