Gender Segregation and Social Change - Men and Women in Changing Labour Markets

`an impressive volume, examining a single central theme via different research methodologies, and reaching clear conclusions'Work, Employment and Society Despite profound economic and social changes in Britain during the 1980s, men and women remain highly segregated at work; a segregation strongly related to inequalities in pay, career prospects, and employment protection. This book analyses the nature and significance of gender segregation within the context of labour market change. The analysis has many novel features. These include the combination of different social science approaches; the integration of demand and supply explanations; systematic comparisons between 'male' and 'female' jobs; the incorporation of work history and life cycle variables, and the investigation of 'sexist attitudes' and the sex-labelling of jobs. The effects of social change are analysed through employer, industry, and locality case studies. The results show that the sex ratio of a job is an important aspect of labour market structure, whether or not gender is the focus of study, and that desegregation is still a long way off. Zusammenfassung Despite dramatic changes in the structure of employment in the 1980s, men and women remain highly segregated at work. This segregation is strongly related to inequalities in pay, career prospects, and employment protection. This book presents a systematic analysis of these issues through the study of six local labour markets in Britain during the 1980s.

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• Authors: Alison Macewen Scott, Alison Macewen (Senior Lecturer Scott
• Assisted by: Alison Macewen Scott (Editor), Alison M Scott (Editor), Alison M. Scott (Editor), Alison Macewen Scott (Editor), Alison Macewen (Senior Lecturer Scott (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.1994
• EAN: 9780198273936
• ISBN: 978-0-19-827393-6
• No. of pages: 390
• Series: Social Change and Economic Life Initiative; Social Change and Economic Lif; Social Change and Economic Life Initiative; Social Change and Economic Lif
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research