Women and career : themes and issues in advanced industrial societies

Author(s)

• Evetts, Julia

Bibliographic Information

Women and career : themes and issues in advanced industrial societies

edited by Julia Evetts

（Longman sociology series）

Longman, 1994

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Addresses the difficulties faced by women who embark on careers in the professions and considers the future of equal opportunties policies at a time of recession and high unemployment. It also explores the need to de-gender the concept of career in order to encompass women's expectations

Table of Contents

• Introduction, Julia Evetts
• Part 1 Career Contexts and Obstacles for Women
• Chapter 1 Women in professional careers: social policy developments, Gillian Pascall
• Chapter 2 Equal opportunities at work: EC and UK law, Vivian Shrubsall
• Chapter 3 The politics of employment inequality in Canada: gender and the public sector, Annis May Timpson
• Chapter 4 Career prospects for mature women students: aspirations and achievements, Alice Brown, Janette Webb
• Chapter 5 The language of the professions: discourse and career, Jennifer Coates
• Chapter 6 Paid and unpaid work: women who care for adult dependents, Olive Stevenson
• Chapter 7 Swedish women and employment: the absence of careers, Gudrun Kristinsdottir
• Part 2 Concepts and Explanations in Particular Careers
• Chapter 8 Women's careers in academic science: achievement and recognition, Michael King
• Chapter 9 Whose service is perfect freedom: women's careers in the Church of England, Alan Aldridge
• Chapter 10 Women surveyors: constructing careers, Clara Greed
• Chapter 11 Gender and secondary headship: managerial experiences in teaching, Julia Evetts
• Chapter 12 Women in higher education administration in the USA, Diane M.Dunlap
• Chapter 13 Women in management careers: opportunities and outcomes, Lynn Ashburner
• Chapter 14 Midwifery: a career for women?, Julia Allison, Gillian Pascall
• Part 3 Gender and Career: Identifying the Issues
• Chapter 15 Career and gender: the conceptual challenge, Julia Evetts

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Details

• NCID: BA21993605
• ISBN:
  • 0582101948
• LCCN: 93015577
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 243 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD6053
  • DC20 : 305.43
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Women -- Employment
  • LCSH : Women in the professions
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA19114519