Challenging knowledge, sex and power : gender, work and engineering / / Julie E. Mills. [et al.]

• Autore: Mills Julie E.
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.4/82
• Soggetto topico: Women in engineering; Women in science; Sex discrimination in science
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Why so few women engineers?; 2 Collaborative research and analytic strategies; 3 Working as a woman engineer; 4 The politics of knowledge and ignorance in workplace cultures; 5 Women challenging engineering through associations and networks; 6 Campaigns to challenge gender and power in engineering; 7 Conclusions; Appendix A: questionnaire for the National Survey 2; Appendix B: interview schedule used for the Career Study ; Appendix C: questionnaire for the survey component of the Workplace StudyAppendix D: interview schedule used for the Workplace Study; Appendix E: interview schedule used for the Campaign Study; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <P>Women in the developed world expect to work in the labour force over the course of their lives. On finishing school more girls are entering universities and undertaking professional training for careers than ever before. Males and females enter many high status professions in roughly equal numbers. However, engineering stands out as a profession that remains obstinately male dominated. Despite efforts to change, little progress has been made in attracting and retaining women in engineering.</P><P></P><P>This book analyses the outcomes of a decade-long investigation into this phenomenon, fra
• Titolo autorizzato: Challenging knowledge, sex and power
• ISBN: 0-415-67686-X; 1-135-01160-5; 0-203-74713-5; 1-135-01161-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825385403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge IAFFE Advances in Feminist Economics