LEADER 04405oam 2200637I 450 001 9910973817503321 005 20251117081905.0 010 $a1-135-31089-0 010 $a1-84314-614-2 010 $a1-135-31088-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9781843146148 035 $a(CKB)3710000000866137 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4693086 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4693086 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11269054 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL955548 035 $a(OCoLC)959150968 035 $a(OCoLC)961208555 035 $a(BIP)63304799 035 $a(BIP)54581963 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000866137 100 $a20180706e20162004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aKey issues in women's work $efemale diversity and the polarisation of women's employment /$fatherine Hakim 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (276 pages) $cillustrations, tables 225 1 $aContemporary Issues in Public Policy 300 $aFirst published in 2004 by the GlassHouse Press. 311 08$a1-138-14306-5 311 08$a1-904385-16-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aWomen's employment is one of the most widely-discussed and often-misunderstood issues of modern society. Are women today oppressed, or do they have the best of both worlds? Do women have to go out to work to gain equality with men, or do they already do more than their share of domestic work, caring work and voluntary work as well as work in the informal economy? Do women seek careers on the same terms as men, or are they content to be dependent wives or secondary earners taking jobs on a short-term basis? How important is job segregation in explaining the 20% pay gap between men and women? Have equal opportunities laws had any real impact? Are women in Europe lagging behind, or are they at the forefront of developments in modern societies? This new updated edition of Catherine Hakim's classic text addresses all the key issues currently debated in relation to women's work - in the domestic sphere, as well as paid employment. Dr Hakim tests the power of patriarchy theory and preference theory against economic theories. Sex discrimination, work-life balance, part-time work, flexible hours, homeworking, career patterns across the life cycle, labour mobility, labour turnover, the returns to education, occupational segregation, the pay gap, the glass ceiling, and the impact of European Union policies are all considered. Analysis of historical developments over the twentieth century, based on censuses, is complemented by case studies of people working in occupations undergoing dramatic change. Throughout the book, comparisons are drawn between the USA, Britain, other European countries, Canada, Australia, and also China, Japan and other Far Eastern societies. The analysis draws on sociology, economics, psychology, labour law, history and social anthropology to conclude that the diversity of women's life goals and lifestyle preferences is increasing. This explains the growing polarisation of women's employment and many contradictory recent research results. 410 0$aContemporary issues in public policy. 606 $aWomen$xEmployment$zGreat Britain 606 $aSex discrimination in employment$zGreat Britain 606 $aSex role in the work environment$zGreat Britain 606 $aLabor policy$zGreat Britain 615 0$aWomen$xEmployment 615 0$aSex discrimination in employment 615 0$aSex role in the work environment 615 0$aLabor policy 676 $a331.4/0941 700 $aHakim$b Catherine.$0621840 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973817503321 996 $aKey issues in women's work$94481129 997 $aUNINA