Working Women

International Perspectives on Labour and Gender Ideology
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-42887-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 207 mm x 136 mm, Gewicht: 368 g

As the female labour force continues to expand, the terms on which women participate remain a considerable problem. Working Women presents a detailed examination of women's position in the paid workforce in a variety of first and third world countries and identifies the common cultural and economic factors which create disadvantage.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Redclift, Nanneke

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Women, work and skill, M.Thea Sinclair; Chapter 2 Gender and library work, Maura Luck; Chapter 3 Images and goods, Adelina Broadbridge; Chapter 4 Shop floor control, Yildiz Ecevit; Chapter 5 Prostitution and tourism in South-East Asia, Wendy Lee; Chapter 6 Return to the veil, Homa Hoodfar; Chapter 7 Women in struggle, Avril Leonard; Chapter 8 Women shop stewards in a county branch of NALGO, Jenny Walton; Chapter 9 Money and power, Joy Lyon; Chapter 10 Greek women and tourism, Mary Castelberg-Koulma; Chapter 11 A feminist business in a capitalist world, Jane Cholmeley;

Über Autor(innen)

Nanneke Redclift is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at University College, London,
Thea Sinclair is Lecturer in Economics at the University of Kent.