Screen LibraryWomen, Labor Segmentation and Regulation : Varieties of Gender Gaps /
This book re-shapes thinking on gender gaps differences between men and women in their incomes, their employment and their conditions of work. It shows how the interaction between regulation distance and content, labor segmentation and norms helps us understand various aspects of gender gaps. It bri...
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Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55495-6 |
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This book re-shapes thinking on gender gaps differences between men and women in their incomes, their employment and their conditions of work. It shows how the interaction between regulation distance and content, labor segmentation and norms helps us understand various aspects of gender gaps. It brings together leading authors from industrial relations, sociology, politics, and feminist economics, who outline the roles the family, state public policy, trade unions and class play in creating gender gaps, and consider the lessons from international comparisons. While many studies have focused |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XXIII, 271 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781137554956 |
| Index Number: | HD6951 |
| CLC: | C913.2 |
| Contents: | Part I: Concepts -- Regulation Distance, Labor Segmentation, and Gender Gaps -- Gender and Class Relations -- Regulating for Equality: Modalities of Regulation and Gender Gaps -- The Changing Sexual Politics of Gender Regulation by Unions -- Employment Regulation and Worker-Carers: Reproducing Gender Inequality in the Domestic and Market Spheres? -- A Cross-National Comparison of Gender Gaps -- Part II: Occupations -- Structuring Gender Relations Among Coal Mine Workers -- Female-Dominated Regulation-Proximate Occupations: Librarians and Other Public-Sector Professionals -- Academics: How Ca |