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Women and Working Lives
. Ed(S): Arber, Sara; Gilbert, Nigel
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Description for Women and Working Lives
Paperback. Explores the interconnection between women's domestic lives and their paid employment in order to demonstrate how male definitions of work need to be reformulated. Women's continued disadvantage in the labour market is examined through contemporary, cross-national and historical studies. Editor(s): Arber, Sara; Gilbert, Nigel. Series: Explorations in Sociology. British Sociological Association Conference Volume Series. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
Women and Working Lives explores the interconnections between women's domestic lives and their paid employment, and shows how male definitions of work need to be reformulated. Women's continued disadvantage in the labour market is examined through contemporary, cross-national and historical research studies. Cross-national comparisons show how French mothers are advantaged by state and employer policies compared to British mothers. Contributors question the adequacy of male definitions of work for women, showing that women use a range of strategies, intimately connected with their domestic lives, to produce resources.
Women and Working Lives explores the interconnections between women's domestic lives and their paid employment, and shows how male definitions of work need to be reformulated. Women's continued disadvantage in the labour market is examined through contemporary, cross-national and historical research studies. Cross-national comparisons show how French mothers are advantaged by state and employer policies compared to British mothers. Contributors question the adequacy of male definitions of work for women, showing that women use a range of strategies, intimately connected with their domestic lives, to produce resources.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
Series
Explorations in Sociology. British Sociological Association Conference Volume Series
Number of Pages
215
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333618141
SKU
V9780333618141
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