Gender and Power in the Workplace: Analysing the Impact of Economic Change - Couverture souple

Bradley, Harriet

 
9780333681787: Gender and Power in the Workplace: Analysing the Impact of Economic Change
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ISBN 10 : 0333681789 ISBN 13 : 9780333681787
Editeur : Palgrave, 1998

Synopsis

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 in five case-study organizations. The author develops a new approach to power, in terms of a range of resources which are used by women to challenge male domination and by men to resist women's encroachment. This approach is used to unpack the complexities of power relations of gender and class as they are played out in the everyday lives of working people. The interaction of class and gender is also explored at the societal level, in terms of increased global competition, feminization and the development of a 'climate of equality' fostered by Equal Opportunities programmes. Women's expectations are increasing, leading them to compete with men for promotion and career advancement; but this is taking place in the context of increasing insecurity, anxiety and work intensification for all employees, especially those in public-sector organizations.



Gender and Power in the Workplace makes a major contribution to the sociological analysis of power and to our understanding of how processes of gendering are played out in the sphere of employment.

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À propos de l?auteur

HARRIET BRADLEY is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK.

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Éditeur
Palgrave
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0333681789
ISBN 13 
9780333681787
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
264
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780333681770: Gender and Power in the Workplace: Analysing the Impact of Economic Change

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0333681770 ISBN 13 :  9780333681770
Editeur : Red Globe Press, 1998
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