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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820679103321

Titolo

Equal opportunities international [[electronic resource] ] : equality, diversity and inclusion . Volume 27, Number 1 Reinventing gender and the professions: new governance, equality and diversity / / Guest editors: Ellen Kuhlmann and Ivy Lynn Bourgeault

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bradford, England], : Emerald, 2008

ISBN

1-281-38505-0

9786611385057

1-84663-755-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (122 p.)

Collana

Equal opportunities international ; ; v. 27, no. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

KuhlmannEllen

BourgeaultIvy Lynn <1967->

Soggetti

Discrimination in employment

Women - Employment

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Gender, professions and public policy: new directions; Unpacking gendered professional power in the welfare state; Nursing careers in France and Britain: age-related policy matters; Reconfiguring Finnish welfare service workforce; Gendering social work in Russia: towards anti-discriminatory practices; Gendering migration flows: physicians and nurses in Portugal; Who staffs the US leaning tower? Organisational change and diversity; Reinventing gender in higher education; Reinventing gender in higher education

Gender, political participation and health care in IndiaBook reviews

Sommario/riassunto

The collection of articles in this edited volume spotlights new directions in research and public policy. The focus on health and social care and academia allows to access change 'in action', because these fields face rapid transformations. Across countries there is an increasing scepticism on the self-governing capacity of professions to act in the interests of a diverse population, while at the same time a number of new professional groups are emerging. Notions of changing



governance practices, organisational change and professional discourse and identity recur in the articles and are explor