Sex Differences in Education - A Comparative Study of Ireland and Switzerland

Gender-based inequalities continue to persist in western societies, despite measures taken to promote the participation of women in education, employment and politics on an equal basis with men. This is puzzling, from a theoretical viewpoint, because of the expectation, deriving from modernization theory, that modernity would bring with it a major decline in sex-differentiation and sex-typing of roles, attitudes and identities.
This topic is taken up in the context of a comparative study of the educational systems of Ireland and Switzerland, which focuses on the role of the school in the reproduction of the sex-role systems.

List of contents

Contents: Modernity and the status of women - Sex-role ideology and sex-role models in Ireland and Switzerland - Sex differences and the school - Second-level education in Ireland and Switzerland - Empirical findings.

Report

"The book is clearly written and well presented. ... it will be a useful read." (Kathleen Lynch, S.A.I. Bulletin)
"Das Buch bildet für denjenigen, der selbst im Bereich der Geschlechtsdifferenzen, sei es in klinischer oder pädagogischer Hinsicht, forscht, und für all jene, die die soziologischen Veränderungen bzw. Stgnationen des Geschlechterverhältnisses beobachten, methodologisch, konstrukt- und ergebnisbezogen eine inspirierende Fundgrube." (Lothar Schattenburg, Zeitschrift für klinische Psychologie, Psychopathologie und Psychtherapie)

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Murray
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9783261035189
• ISBN: 978-3-261-03518-9
• No. of pages: 295
• Weight: 440 g
• Series: Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 22): Soziologie ) / European University Studies (Series 22): Sociology / Publications Universitaires Européennes; Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européenn; Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 22): Soziologie / Sociology / Sociologie; Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 22): Soziologie / Sociology / Sociologie; Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies/Publications Universitaires Européenne
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology