Women and the labour market
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Women and the labour market
Routledge, 1992
- : hard
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-212) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The labour market is undergoing considerable change. The advance of new technology, the enterprise culture, and the development of positive action training for women have all begun to change the pattern of gender segregation in the workplace. "Women and the Labour Market" draws on a wide range of international studies of these issues and discusses them in the context of current theoretical and political debates. Focussing on education and training policy, changes in labour supply, and changes in the nature and size of labour demand, Teresa Rees highlights the obstacles to equality at work. She shows how the ideology of the family, the limitations of material reality, and the exclusionary mechanisms operated by men significantly impact upon women's experiences of paid work. "Women and the Labour Market" does not simply underline the power of patriarchy in shaping the labour force it is also concerned with the development of policy measures which might have some effect on breaking down gender inequalities. This study will inform the academic debate but also offer potential for adjusting the system at the key points of recruitment, training and work organization.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. The Reproduction of Gender Segregation 3. Schoolgirls' occupational "choices" 4. Women Returners' training "choices" 5. The feminisation of Trades Unions? 6. Demographic change and positive action measures 7. The new information technologies and desegregation 8. Women and the enterprise culture 9. Conclusion.
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