Sex Segregation and Inequality in the Modern Labour Market

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-86134-599-8
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

This book presents a novel interpretation of the nature, causes and consequences of sex inequality in the modern labour market. Employing a sophisticated new theoretical framework, and drawing on original fieldwork, the book develops a subtle account of the phenomenon of sex segregation and offers a major challenge to existing approaches.

In an environment increasingly defined by attempts to converge and consolidate international policy objectives, an in-depth understanding of contemporary forms of inequality is vital to anyone interested in the effective translation of normative accounts of social justice into practical policy. Aimed at academics and advanced students working in social policy, sociology and political science, as well as policy makers, this book makes an important contribution to knowledge and debate in the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Browne, Jude

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Explanations of occupational sex segregation; VOSS in the BBC; What the people say in the BBC; The 'herding effect'; The seduction of outcomes: concluding remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Jude Browne has worked as a sex segregation and equality specialist on various government initiatives. She is the Nuffield Foundation Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, an Executive Director of the Cambridge University Centre for Gender Studies as well as a Fellow in Social and Political Sciences at Downing College, University of Cambridge.