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Originally published in 1990,
Gendered Jobs and Social Change is a systematic exploration of the changing structure of women's paid work in Britain since the Second World War and an invaluable and accessible text for undergraduate students, and teachers and researchers, in the areas of employment, gender, and class theory.
List of contents
Acknowledgements. 1. Men’s Work; Women’s Work; Some Theoretical Issues 2. Occupational Segregation 3. Women’s Employment in Britain: The Postwar Context 4. Qualifications and Occupations: The Example of Pharmacy 5. Qualifications, Occupations and Organizations: The Example of Accountancy 6. Organizations and Their Labour Markets: The Building Society Industry 7. Women’s Work: Cooking and Serving 8. Conclusions and Comparisons. Appendix: Women in Professional Occupations. Bibliography. Index.
About the author
Rosemary Crompton (1942–2011) was a Sociologist and Professor at the University of Leicester and then at City University, London. She specialised in issues of class and gender, and more particularly in the analysis of the complex relationships between the two, showing that the many inequalities in each category could not be explained separately. She was committed in her research to empirical fieldwork and to the use of international comparisons. She became a Fellow of the British Academy in 2007.
Dr Kay Sanderson. Since retirement, and following a peripatetic academic career with UEA, the Open University and the University of Warwick, Dr Sanderson has been Chair of Norfolk Federation of WEA (Workers Education Association) and is involved in promoting adult learning as part of the Norwich Lifelong Learning organisation.
Summary
Originally published in 1990, Gendered Jobs and Social Change is a systematic exploration of the changing structure of women’s paid work in Britain since the Second World War and an invaluable and accessible text for undergraduate students, and teachers and researchers, in the areas of employment, gender, and class theory.
