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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458380303321

Autore

Browne Jude

Titolo

Sex segregation and inequality in the modern labour market / Jude Browne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK : , : Policy Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-4473-0334-2

1-281-15959-X

9786611159597

1-84742-169-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Disciplina

331.4/133

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Explanations of occupational sex segregation -- VOSS in the BBC -- What people say in the BBC -- The 'herding effect' -- The seduction of outcomes: concluding remarks -- References -- Appendix 1. Examples of important reforms to British law relevant to sex equality -- Appendix 2. BBC occupational groups by female concentration, sex and pay grade -- Appendix 3. BBC pay grades -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a novel interpretation of the nature, causes and consequences of sex inequality in the modern labour market. Employing a sophisticated new theoretical framework, and drawing on original fieldwork, the book develops a subtle account of the phenomenon of sex segregation and offers a major challenge to existing approaches.