Gender and Work in Today''s World - A Reader

Informationen zum Autor Sacks, Nancy | Marrone, Catherine Klappentext Promoting gender equality through balanced analysis of both sexes, Gender and work in Today's World: A Reader explores the experiences of both men and women in the work force, focussing especially on gender-non-traditional jobs (i.e. men as nursed and women in the police force) and non-traditional work structures (i.e. Part-time,temporary, and odd-hour work), work over the life course, and sexual harassment. Zusammenfassung This book explores the experiences of both men and women in the work force by promoting gender equality through balanced analysis of the sexes. It looks at some very different work settings and occupational statuses for women and covers gender-non-traditional jobs and sexual harassment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I Women at Work -- Part II Men at Work -- Part III Women and Men in Nontraditional jobs -- Part IV Nontraditional Work Structures -- Part V Gender Matters -- Part VI Problems on the job -- Part VII Work/Home conflict: Time and Domestic Labor -- Part VIII The Parent trap -- Part IX Work over the life course -- Bibliography -- Index.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Marrone, Nancy Sacks, Nancy Marrone Sacks
• Assisted by: Catherine Marrone (Editor), Nancy E. Sacks (Editor)
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.08.2004
• EAN: 9780813341927
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-4192-7
• No. of pages: 472
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Soziologie: Arbeit und Beruf