Relations of ruling : class and gender in postindustrial societies / / Wallace Clement and John Myles

• Autore: Clement Wallace
• Pubblicazione: Montreal ; ; Buffalo : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 1994; ©1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 303 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 305.5
• Soggetto topico: Social classes; Sex role; Power (Social sciences)
• Altri autori: MylesJohn <1953->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Class Relations in Postindustrial Societies -- Class Relations in Industrial Capitalism -- Filling the Empty Places: Class, Gender, and Postindustrialism -- Postindustrialism, Small Capital, and the “Old” Middle Class -- Postindustrialism and the Regulation of Labour -- The Political Culture of Class -- Gender Relations in Postindustrial Societies -- Bringing In Gender: Postindustrialism and Patriarchy -- Household Relations: Power Divisions and Domestic Labour -- Linking Domestic and Paid Labour: Career Disruptions and Household Obligations -- Social Cleavages and the Political Cultures of Gender -- After Industrialism -- Methodological Notes -- Identifying Skilled Jobs -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: For some, the postindustrial world promises a new kind of capitalism that will draw its vitality from an expansion of knowledge and the creative capacities of working men and women. Others have highlighted postindustrialism's darker side and concluded that it is simply the next stage in the degradation of labour. For some, the massive entry of women into paid labour that accompanies postindustrialism will finally liberate women from domestic patriarchy. For others, it is no more than an extension of private patriarchy into the public sphere. The authors show that historical residues and the contemporary impact of major economic and political factors have produced not one but several postindustrial trajectories. They reveal how postindustrialism has brought a new distribution of productive forces and of effective powers over people, and show that the shape of that distribution varies considerably in different countries and different fields as a result of both institutionalized practices (inherited from industrial capitalism) and the contemporary effects of state policies, organized labour, and the women's movement. Addressing issues of class and gender, Relations of Ruling deals with problems involved in regulating paid labour as well as the relationship between paid and domestic labour. It will be of particular interest to specialists in gender issues and scholars in women's, family, and labour studies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Relations of ruling
• ISBN: 1-282-85684-7; 9786612856846; 0-7735-6456-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782621803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II