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Autore: |
Hardill Irene <1951, >
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Titolo: |
Gender, migration and the dual career household / / Irene Hardill
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306.3/61 |
Soggetto topico: | Labor mobility - Great Britain |
Work and family - Great Britain | |
Dual-career families - Great Britain | |
Labor mobility - Canada | |
Work and family - Canada | |
Dual-career families - Canada | |
Labor mobility - United States | |
Work and family - United States | |
Dual-career families - United States | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [142]-159) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of plates; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Social and spatial mobility in a global economy; Households, careers and decision-making; Defining status and success through the pursuit of a career; Defining status and success through residential property; The blurring of boundaries between home and work; Spatial mobility within the education system; Organisational careers: patriarchy and expatriate work; Professional careers and skilled international migration: case studies of healthcare professionals; Dual career couples and the new economy |
NotesReferences; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book explores the gender issues associated with international migration in dual career households. Adopting a feminist approach, the author links research in economics, sociology, management and business and human geography to explore post-industrial managerial and professional careers. Particular emphasis is placed on the way in which social mobility and spatial mobility are entwined. The author explores the location and mobility decisions of dual career households, examining their personal and household biographies as well as published statistics. Of essential interest to scholars of |
Titolo autorizzato: | Gender, migration and the dual career household ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-134-57851-2 |
1-134-57852-0 | |
1-280-10575-5 | |
0-585-46763-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996213238903316 |
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