Women and Work in Modern Britain

Zusatztext It is a credit to Crompton that she is able to put forward a number of complex theoritical issues whilst maintaining a reasoned and balanced judgement./Ann Day/Labour History Review! Vol.64! No.2! Summer 1999. Klappentext The latest in the acclaimed Oxford Modern Britain series! Women and Work in Modern Britain provides a highly accessible introduction to this important topic. Rosemary Crompton reviews both the historic and recent changes in the pattern of women's paid employment! as well as the theories developed to explain them. Besides the changes in employment itself! the author investigates the wider implications for both families and structures ofinequality. Zusammenfassung This text provides an introduction to the topic of women and work in modern Britain. Rosemary Crompton gives an account of the recent changes in the structure of women's employment, incorporating a comprehensive review of the theoretical concepts and arguments developed to explain them.

Product details

• Authors: Rosemary Crompton, Rosemary (Professor Crompton, Crompton Rosemary
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1997
• EAN: 9780198780977
• ISBN: 978-0-19-878097-7
• No. of pages: 166
• Series: Oxford Modern Britain; Oxford Modern Britain
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Gender studies: women, Sociology: work & labour, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General