Gender Equality in Context : Policies and Practices in Switzerland [[electronic resource]] / Brigitte Liebig, Karin Gottschall, Birgit Sauer |
Autore | Liebig Brigitte |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leverkusen, : Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.309494 |
Soggetto topico |
Gender Equality
Gender Policy Switzerland |
Soggetto non controllato |
Gender Equality
Gender Policy Switzerland Child care Day care Labour economics |
ISBN | 3-8474-0937-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Gender Equality in Context; Content; 1 Introduction; Gender equality: Policies and practicesin Switzerland; 2 Gender equality policies andtheir implementation; Comparing governance regimes for equal opportunities: Federal administrations as employers in Switzerland, Germany and Austria; 1 Introduction; 2 Case studies of federal administrations; 3 Federal administrations as employers; 4 Comparing institutions for gender equality; 4.1 Equality officers: status, role, and coordination; 4.2 Equality plans: strategic instruments with limited effectiveness
5 Comparing measures for gender equality5.1 Reconciliation of work and family: between part-time employment and parental leave; 5.2 Women's career development: between individual promotion and quotas; 6 Conclusion; References; Whose welfare - whose autonomy? Welfare, work and care in social investment practice; 1 Introduction: Women's work - choices and constraints; 2 Theoretical framework, methods and data; 3 Work as obligation or capability - welfare workers' perspective; 4 Work and care as promises and burdens - clients' perspective; 5 Conclusions; References Violence against women - an indicator of gender equality?!1 Introduction; 2 State of the art: policy and research in the field ofviolence against women; 2.1 Policy area "gender based violence"; 2.2 Research on violence against women; 3 About the project; 4 Key findings and conclusions; 4.1 Women's view of today's intervention goals; 4.2 Women's experiences regarding the achievement ofintervention goals; 4.3 Implications of today's intervention practice; 4.4 Interventions do not stop violence; 5 Discussion and closing remarks; References Gender equality and evidence-based policymaking: Experiences from social transfer and tax policy reforms1 Introduction: Problem description; 2 Conceptual and empirical basis of the study; 2.1 The concept of gender equality; 2.2 The concept of evidence-based policy-making; 2.3 Empirical basis of the study; 3 How often, by whom and why is evidence based and gender sensitive knowledge applied?; 3.1 Application frequency of evidence-based and gender-sensitive knowledge; 3.2 Influence of institutional actors on the inclusion ofevidence-based and gender-sensitive knowledge 3.2.1 The impulse to include evidence-based and gender-sensitive knowledge3.2.2 Timing of the inclusion of evidence-based and gender-sensitive knowledge; 3.3 Explaining the differences in the inclusion of evidence-based, gender-sensitive knowledge; 3.3.1 The influence of structural inter-cantonal differences; 3.3.2 The influence of procedural differences between the models; 4 Conclusions for an evidence-basedgender equality policy; 5 Reflections and need for research; References; 3 Interdependencies betweengender and other categoriesof social inequality Varieties of childcare policies in Swiss municipalities: Bounded possibilities for gender-equality and social cohesion |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910284441203321 |
Liebig Brigitte | ||
Leverkusen, : Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hausgeschichten : materielle Kultur und Familie in der Schweiz (1700-1900) / / Anne Schillig |
Autore | Schillig Anne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Zürich, : Chronos Verlag, 2020 |
Soggetto topico | Historical & comparative linguistics |
Soggetto non controllato |
Materielle Kultur
Sozialgeschichte |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Altri titoli varianti | Hausgeschichten |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910490716703321 |
Schillig Anne | ||
Zürich, : Chronos Verlag, 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A laboratory of liberty [[electronic resource] ] : the transformation of political culture in republican Switzerland, 1750-1848 / / by Marc H. Lerner |
Autore | Lerner Marc H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.209494/09033 |
Collana | Studies in Central European histories |
Soggetto topico |
Political culture - Switzerland - History - 18th century
Political culture - Switzerland - History - 19th century Liberty - Political aspects - Switzerland - History Republicanism - Switzerland - History Self-determination, National - Switzerland - History Revolutions - Switzerland - History Social change - Switzerland - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-31072-4
9786613310729 90-04-21464-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The end of the Old Regime in Europe and in the Swiss Eidgenossenschaft -- On the ideological origins of the revolution in Switzerland -- Ambivalent revolutionaries : the Helvetic Republic in revolutionary Europe -- pt. 2. Regeneration of a constructed past : continuities and discontinuities in the struggle between old and new visions of Switzerland and Europe -- The right to self-rule : the debate over legitimacy and the Vaud-Bern relationship -- Two visions of political society in inner Switzerland, 1829-33 -- Popular sovereignty in the Zuriputsch -- pt. 3. National accommodation -- Radical conceptions of the Confederation : popular sovereignty and the 1845 revolution in Vaud -- War, accommodation, and the making of the modern constitutional state. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457385103321 |
Lerner Marc H | ||
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A laboratory of liberty : the transformation of political culture in republican Switzerland, 1750-1848 / / Marc H. Lerner |
Autore | Lerner Marc H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden : , : Brill, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 371 pages) : maps |
Disciplina | 306.209494/09033 |
Collana | Studies in Central European histories |
Soggetto topico |
Political culture - Switzerland - History - 18th century
Political culture - Switzerland - History - 19th century Liberty - Political aspects - Switzerland - History Republicanism - Switzerland - History Self-determination, National - Switzerland - History Revolutions - Switzerland - History Social change - Switzerland - History |
ISBN |
1-283-31072-4
9786613310729 90-04-21464-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The end of the Old Regime in Europe and in the Swiss Eidgenossenschaft -- On the ideological origins of the revolution in Switzerland -- Ambivalent revolutionaries : the Helvetic Republic in revolutionary Europe -- pt. 2. Regeneration of a constructed past : continuities and discontinuities in the struggle between old and new visions of Switzerland and Europe -- The right to self-rule : the debate over legitimacy and the Vaud-Bern relationship -- Two visions of political society in inner Switzerland, 1829-33 -- Popular sovereignty in the Zuriputsch -- pt. 3. National accommodation -- Radical conceptions of the Confederation : popular sovereignty and the 1845 revolution in Vaud -- War, accommodation, and the making of the modern constitutional state. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781955603321 |
Lerner Marc H | ||
Leiden : , : Brill, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A laboratory of liberty : the transformation of political culture in republican Switzerland, 1750-1848 / / Marc H. Lerner |
Autore | Lerner Marc H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden : , : Brill, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 371 pages) : maps |
Disciplina | 306.209494/09033 |
Collana | Studies in Central European histories |
Soggetto topico |
Political culture - Switzerland - History - 18th century
Political culture - Switzerland - History - 19th century Liberty - Political aspects - Switzerland - History Republicanism - Switzerland - History Self-determination, National - Switzerland - History Revolutions - Switzerland - History Social change - Switzerland - History |
ISBN |
1-283-31072-4
9786613310729 90-04-21464-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The end of the Old Regime in Europe and in the Swiss Eidgenossenschaft -- On the ideological origins of the revolution in Switzerland -- Ambivalent revolutionaries : the Helvetic Republic in revolutionary Europe -- pt. 2. Regeneration of a constructed past : continuities and discontinuities in the struggle between old and new visions of Switzerland and Europe -- The right to self-rule : the debate over legitimacy and the Vaud-Bern relationship -- Two visions of political society in inner Switzerland, 1829-33 -- Popular sovereignty in the Zuriputsch -- pt. 3. National accommodation -- Radical conceptions of the Confederation : popular sovereignty and the 1845 revolution in Vaud -- War, accommodation, and the making of the modern constitutional state. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821568203321 |
Lerner Marc H | ||
Leiden : , : Brill, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Switzerland [[electronic resource] /] / Ana Teresa Romero and Raymond Torres |
Autore | Romero Ana Teresa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (124 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) | TorresRaymond |
Collana | Studies on the social dimensions of globalization |
Soggetto topico |
Foreign trade and employment - Switzerland
International economic integration - Social aspects Globalization - Social aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450006803321 |
Romero Ana Teresa | ||
Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Switzerland [[electronic resource] /] / Ana Teresa Romero and Raymond Torres |
Autore | Romero Ana Teresa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (124 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) | TorresRaymond |
Collana | Studies on the social dimensions of globalization |
Soggetto topico |
Foreign trade and employment - Switzerland
International economic integration - Social aspects Globalization - Social aspects |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783156803321 |
Romero Ana Teresa | ||
Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Switzerland / / Ana Teresa Romero and Raymond Torres |
Autore | Romero Ana Teresa |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (124 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) | TorresRaymond |
Collana | Studies on the social dimensions of globalization |
Soggetto topico |
Foreign trade and employment - Switzerland
International economic integration - Social aspects Globalization - Social aspects |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Figure 1 COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ON SWISS ECONOMY -- Note -- PART I TRENDS IN GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL PROGRESS PART I -- A. THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF GLOBALIZATION -- Investment activities intensify -- Figure 2 Trade and investment flows, 1980-97 -- Table 1 Participation of Swiss enterprises in cross-border mergers and acquisitions,1 -- New developments in trade -- Changing characteristics of production organization -- Table 2 Direction of foreign trade, 1980 and 1997 -- Figure 3 Selected characteristics of gross domestic expenditure on R& -- D in Switzerland and in selected European countries, 199 -- B. AN OVERVIEW OF SOCIAL INDICATORS -- Structural changes in the labour market -- Figure 4 Labour market trends, 1970-98 -- Figure 5 Employment growth in selected industrialized countries, 1990-97 -- Figure 6 Unemployment rates in Switzerland, the EU and the OECD, 1988-97 -- Changes in the foreign workforce -- Table 3 Unemployment rate among registered unemployed persons, 1991-98 -- Figure 7 Foreign workers by type of permit, 1980-98 -- Long-term unemployment -- Pay -- Figure 8 Long-term unemployed as a percentage of total unemployed by age, sex, region 1 and origin, 1993 and June 1998 -- Figure 9 Growth in nominal and real wages,1 1985-97 -- Table 4 Relative earnings by sex and education in Switzerland and selected European countries, 1995 -- Quality of employment -- Precarious employment and labour market exclusion: New preoccupations -- Education and training -- Industrial relations -- Table 5 Strikes and lockouts in selected European countries, 1980-96 -- Table 6 Changes in trade union density in selected European countries, 1985 and 1995 -- Core labour standards -- Notes.
PART I I ASSESSING THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION -- A. PATTERNS OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE -- Table 7 Main merchandise exports by selected product groups, 1980 and 1997 -- Table 8 Main merchandise imports by selected product groups, 1980 and 1997 -- Table 9 Revealed comparative advantage,1 1980-96 -- Impact on the labour market -- Figure 10 Labour market characteristics of Switzerland's industrial specialization, 1994 -- Table 10 Panel estimation of the relative wage equation -- Main characteristics of niche industries -- Skill-based technological change -- Changes in labour-related policies and practices -- Hours of work -- Table 11 Regular weekly hours of work in enterprises by selected sectors and industries, 1985-97 -- International investment and employment -- B. POSSIBLE IMPEDIMENTS TO LARGE GAINS FROM GLOBALIZATION -- Tight macroeconomic conditions -- Figure 11 Switzerland's share of exports in world exports, 1980-97 -- Figure 12 Real effective exchange rate, 1980-98 (1977 = 100) -- A weak domestic competitive environment -- Figure 13 Purchasing power parity (PPP) versus GNP per capita in the OECD, 1996 -- Figure 14 Hourly wages: The gap between the cost for employers and the purchasing power of wages for workers,1 1996 -- Notes -- PART III POLICY ISSUES -- A. CREATING A MARKET-ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT AND POSITIVE ATTITUDES TO COMPETITION -- Federal Law on the Internal Market (LMI) -- Federal Law on Technical Barriers to Trade (LETC) -- Federal Law on Cartels and Other Restrictions to Competition (LCart) -- B. TRAINING -- The background -- Reasons for change -- C. MIGRATION -- Table 12 Intra-EU migration, 1990-96 -- D. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND SOCIAL PEACE -- Coverage of agreements -- Extension mechanisms -- Box 1 Attenuating the social cost of adjustment: -- Bargaining levels. Temporary dispensations from specific provisions of the collective agreement -- E. LEGISLATION ON WORK CONTRACTS -- Table 13 Legislative requirements for terminations of employment, up to the end of 1997 -- F. RESPONSES TO CHANGING LABOUR MARKET CONDITIONS -- Switzerland's active labour market policy -- Social welfare -- Social benefits and labour market reintegration -- Notes -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ANNEX 1 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN A GLOBALIZED CONTEXT -- Notes -- ANNEX 2 DATA SOURCES AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PART II, SECTION A -- Table A1 Correspondence between the Swiss industrial classification and three-digit SITC codes -- Table A2 Classification of industries according to product differentiation -- ANNEX 3 PRESENT AND FUTURE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING MIGRANT WORKERS -- Current regulatory framework -- Future arrangements -- Note -- ANNEX 4 COPING WITH DIFFICULTIES: AN EXAMPLE OF TEMPORARY DISPENSATIONS FROM SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE MACHINERY INDUSTRY -- Notes -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807210203321 |
Romero Ana Teresa | ||
Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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