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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815784803321

Autore

Hakim Catherine

Titolo

Key issues in women's work : female diversity and the polarisation of women's employment / / atherine Hakim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-135-31089-0

1-84314-614-2

1-135-31088-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Contemporary Issues in Public Policy

Disciplina

331.4/0941

Soggetti

Women - Employment - Great Britain

Sex discrimination in employment - Great Britain

Sex role in the work environment - Great Britain

Labor policy - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 2004 by the GlassHouse Press.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

1. Explaining women's subordination -- 2. Marginal employment, voluntary work, unpaid household work -- 3. Feminisation of the workforce -- 4. Work values, work plans and social interaction in the workplace -- 5. Labour mobility and women's employment profiles -- 6. Occupational segregation and the pay gap -- 7. Social engineering : the role of the law -- 8. Conclusions : female diversity and workforce polarisation.