This study provides an examination of women's employment in the UK. It considers such aspects as sex discrimination, patriarchy, part-time work, "flexible" hours, homeworking, marriage and career patterns, employment rights and the exploitation of part-timers, pay, and occupational segregation.
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Explaining women's subordination; marginal work and domestic work; feminization of the workforce; work orientations and work plans; labour mobility and women's employment profiles; occupational segregation and the pay gap; social engineering - the role of law; conclusions - female heterogeneity and workforce polarization.
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Product details
ISBN
9780485801095
Published
2000-01-12
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Height
216 mm
Width
138 mm
Age
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
280
Author