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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827669403321

Titolo

Equality, diversity and inclusion : an international journal : formerly equal opportunities international : critical transitions: the production of gender (in-)equality in the life course / / guest editors, Dr. Brigitte Liebig and Dr. René Levy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bradford, England] : , : Emerald, , [2015]

©[2015]

ISBN

1-78560-027-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (85 p.)

Collana

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, , 2040-7149 ; ; Volume 34, Number 2

Disciplina

331.4

Soggetti

Women - Employment

Discrimination in 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 at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Editorial advisory board; Guest editorial; Trapped in the gender stereotype? The image of science among secondary school students and teachers; Young women's strong preference for children and subsequent occupational gender segregation; Parenthood and employment: the impact of policies and culture on gender inequality in Switzerland; Shaping gender inequalities: critical moments and critical places; Gendered variations in the experience of ageing at work in Switzerland; Book review

Sommario/riassunto

This e-book is dedicated to new findings on the (re)production of (in-)equality in the life courses of men and women in contemporary Western societies in the case of Switzerland. It refers to the National Research Program 60 on 'Gender Equality' (2010-2014) launched by the Swiss National Science Foundation that aimed at generating knowledge on the complex conditions for gender equality in the Swiss context. The five contributions to the present volume cover a considerable array of the above-sketched issues within the context of federalist Switzerland, which is particularly diverse with respect