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Barbara Reskin is Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois and Vice President of the American Sociological Association. She has published several books, including Women's Work, Men's Work: Sex Segregation on the Job (co-authored with Heidi Hartmann).
Patricia A. Roos is Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University and author of Gender and Work: A Comparative Analysis of Industrial Societies.
Contributors: Case Studies by Katharine M. Donato, Polly A. Phipps, Barbara J. Thomas, Chloe E. Bird, Linda A. Detman, and Thomas Steiger.
List of contents
Preface
Part I: Explaining the Changing Sex Composition of Occupations
1. Occupational Sex Segregation: Persistence and Change
2. Queuing and Changing Occupational Composition
3. Consequences of Desegregation: Occupational Integration and Economic Equity?
Part II: Case Studies of Occupation Change
4. Culture, Commerce and Gender: The Feminization of Book Editing - Barbara F. Reskin
5. Industrial and Occupational Change in Pharmacy: Prescription for Feminization - Polly A. Phipps
6. Keepers of the Corporate Image: Women in Public Relations - Katharine M. Donato
7. High Finance, Small Change: Women's Increased Representation in Bank Management - Chloe E. Bud
8. Programming for Change? The Growing Demand for Women Systems Analysts - Katharine M. Donato
9. Women's Gains in Insurance Sales: Increased Supply, Uncertain Demand - Barbara J. Thomas
10. A Woman's Place is Selling Homes: Occupational Change and the Feminization of Real Estate Sales - Barbara J. Thomas and Barbara F. Reskin
11. Occupational Resegregation among Insurance Adjusters and Examiners - Polly A. Phipps
12. Women Behind Bars: The Feminization of Bartending - Linda A. Detman
13. Baking and Baking Off: Deskilling and the Changing Sex Makeup of Bakers - Thomas Steiger and Barbara F. Reskin
14. Hot-Metal to Electronic Composition: Gender, Technology, and Social Change - Patricia A. Roos
Part III: Conclusion
Summary, Implications, and Prospects
Appendix: Guidelines Used for Occupation Case Studies
References
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Authors
About the author
Barbara Reskin is Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois and Vice President of the American Sociological Association. She has published several books, including Women's Work, Men's Work: Sex Segregation on the Job (co-authored with Heidi Hartmann).
Patricia A. Roos is Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University and author of Gender and Work: A Comparative Analysis of Industrial Societies.
Contributors: Case Studies by Katharine M. Donato, Polly A. Phipps, Barbara J. Thomas, Chloe E. Bird, Linda A. Detman, and Thomas Steiger.
Summary
A controversial interpretation of women's dramatic inroads into several male occupations
