Equal opportunities international [[electronic resource] ] : equality, diversity and inclusion . Volume 27, Number 1 Reinventing gender and the professions: new governance, equality and diversity / / Guest editors: Ellen Kuhlmann and Ivy Lynn Bourgeault

• Pubblicazione: [Bradford, England], : Emerald, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (122 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Discrimination in employment; Women - Employment
• Altri autori: KuhlmannEllen BourgeaultIvy Lynn <1967->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Gender, professions and public policy: new directions; Unpacking gendered professional power in the welfare state; Nursing careers in France and Britain: age-related policy matters; Reconfiguring Finnish welfare service workforce; Gendering social work in Russia: towards anti-discriminatory practices; Gendering migration flows: physicians and nurses in Portugal; Who staffs the US leaning tower? Organisational change and diversity; Reinventing gender in higher education; Reinventing gender in higher education ; Gender, political participation and health care in IndiaBook reviews
• Sommario/riassunto: The collection of articles in this edited volume spotlights new directions in research and public policy. The focus on health and social care and academia allows to access change 'in action', because these fields face rapid transformations. Across countries there is an increasing scepticism on the self-governing capacity of professions to act in the interests of a diverse population, while at the same time a number of new professional groups are emerging. Notions of changing governance practices, organisational change and professional discourse and identity recur in the articles and are explor
• Titolo autorizzato: Equal opportunities international
• ISBN: 1-281-38505-0; 9786611385057; 1-84663-755-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820679103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Equal Opportunities International - Volume 27, Edition 1