Women and Careers - Transnational Studies in Public Policy and Employment Equity

List of contents

Introduction

Social and Policy Directions and Women’s Careers, Marilee Reimer
Part 1. Transnational Studies of Careers, Programs and Policies

Transnational Studies of Careers, Programs and Policies. Introduction to Part 1, Marilee Reimer

1. Atlantic Canadian Women University Graduates: Creative Career Strategies for First Generation Women, Marilee Reimer





2. Gendered Choices in Post-Secondary Education - Math and Science or Liberal Arts? A Study of Women Students from Rural Newfoundland, Monique Bourgeois





3. Postgraduate Transitions in a Transforming China: Exploring Lived Experiences of First-Generation Female Students in Two Chinese Universities, Yixi Lu





4. Towards the Good Society: Expanding Women’s Capabilities through Community-Education and European Social Policy in Northern Ireland, Susan Hodgett





5. Considering Gender in View of Community and Economic Development Practices in Rural Atlantic Canada, A. Marguerite Cassin


Part 2. Equity in Education and Government


Making the change in work-life equity – does it really happen? Introduction to Part 2,
Liisa Timonen and Marilee Reimer





6. Reflections on Equity in the Finnish Working Life: A Case Study on Master’s Students as Diversity and Inclusion Promoters, Liisa Timonen, Erja Turunen







7. Diversity and Inclusion in Institutional Development in Science and Engineering in Switzerland: A Bird’s Eye View by Ursula Gut







8. Are We There Yet? Advancing Women in Canada and Australia: Similar Goals, Different Policies, Eddy Ng, Erica French

Conclusion

Conclusion, Marilee Reimer

About the author

Marilee Reimer is a Professor of Sociology at St. Thomas University in Canada. She is the editor of an earlier collection of articles Inside Corporate U: Women in Academia Speak Out, Sumach Press (2004), Toronto, Canada.

Summary

The unifying theme of Women and Careers is women’s educational and employment success, with the objective of profiling supportive public policy in global contexts from Atlantic Canada to Western Europe, Australia and China. It takes up the career processes of women from marginalized groups who have been underrepresented historically.

Product details

• Authors: Marilee Reimer, Marilee (St. Thomas University Reimer
• Assisted by: Marilee Reimer (Editor), Reimer Marilee (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367732851
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73285-1
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Routledge Studies in Gender and Organizations
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); History, Cultural Studies, Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, Anthropology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Women in Business, Organizational theory & behaviour, Management: leadership and motivation, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: women, Sociology: work & labour, Operational research, Development Studies, Organizational theory and behaviour, Sociology: work and labour