Labour And Gender

Author : Megha Amrith,Nina Sahraoui
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351846219

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Gender, Work and Migration by Megha Amrith,Nina Sahraoui Pdf

Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315225210 While the feminisation of transnational migrant labour is now a firmly ingrained feature of the contemporary global economy, the specific experiences and understandings of labour in a range of gendered sectors of global and regional labour markets still require comparative and ethnographic attention. This book adopts a particular focus on migrants employed in sectors of the economy that are typically regarded as marginal or precarious – domestic work and care work in private homes and institutional settings, cleaning work in hospitals, call centre labour, informal trade – with the goal of understanding the aspirations and mobilities of migrants and their families across generations in relation to questions of gender and labour. Bringing together rich, fieldwork-based case studies on the experiences of migrants from the Philippines, Bolivia, Ecuador, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Mauritius, Brazil and India, among others, who live and work in countries within Europe, Asia, the Middle East and South America, Gender, Work and Migration goes beyond a unique focus on migration to explore the implications of gendered labour patterns for migrants’ empowerment and experiences of social mobility and immobility, their transnational involvement, and wider familial and social relationships.

Author : Meltem İnce Yenilmez,Gül Ş. Huyugüzel Kişla
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000351460

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The Economics of Gender Equality in the Labour Market by Meltem İnce Yenilmez,Gül Ş. Huyugüzel Kişla Pdf

This book evaluates the global labour market in the context of gender equality, and the associated policies and regulations, particularly in developing markets, to recommend measures for encouraging gender equality. It exposes the barriers that women employees encounter as well as some of the societal and workplace policies they, specifically, are subject to. Important themes within this topic include participation rates, the looming gap in hourly pay, availability of part-time and full-time positions, value, and social status associated with jobs held by men and women. The book examines how global gender policy objectives, such as gender equality in careers, gender balance in decision-making, and gender dimensions in research, can be incorporated into policy frameworks. The book analyzes the gendered nature of assumptions, processes and theories. The juxtaposition between family and work, tradition and modernity, and dependency and autonomy, clearly still seems to be misunderstood. Therefore, the book asks whether work improves women’s positions in society and/or changes their roles in their families. The authors explore and uncover the connections among employment, entrepreneurship, migration economies, and gender global labour markets and provide helpful solutions to the perceptions surrounding women’s status, risks, and inequality that limit their economic participation. This insightful read provides comprehensive details on a variety of themes and encourages further research on policies that are key to promoting gender equality. The book will appeal to postgraduate students and researchers of labour and feminist economics, the economics of gender, women’s studies and sociology.

Author : Francesca Bettio,Janneke Plantenga,Mark Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415664332

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Gender and the European Labour Market by Francesca Bettio,Janneke Plantenga,Mark Smith Pdf

The book presents state of the art research on women's current position in European labour markets. It combines analysis of the latest trends in employment, occupational segregation, working time, unpaid work, social provisions (especially care provisions) and the impact of the financial crisis, with overall assessment of the actual impact of the European Employment Strategy and the specific impact of key policies, such as taxation and flexicurity. .

Author : Ruth Milkman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780252098581

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On Gender, Labor, and Inequality by Ruth Milkman Pdf

Ruth Milkman's groundbreaking research in women's labor history has contributed important perspectives on work and unionism in the United States. On Gender, Labor, and Inequality presents four decades of Milkman's essential writings, tracing the parallel evolutions of her ideas and the field she helped define. Milkman's introduction frames a career-spanning scholarly project: her interrogation of historical and contemporary intersections of class and gender inequalities in the workplace, and the efforts to challenge those inequalities. Early chapters focus on her pioneering work on women's labor during the Great Depression and the World War II years. In the book's second half, Milkman turns to the past fifty years, a period that saw a dramatic decline in gender inequality even as growing class imbalances created greater-than-ever class disparity among women. She concludes with a previously unpublished essay comparing the impact of the Great Depression and the Great Recession on women workers.

Author : Sheryl Nestel
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774840729

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Obstructed Labour by Sheryl Nestel Pdf

Obstructed Labour analyzes how the movement to legalize midwifery in Ontario reproduced racial inequality by excluding from practice hundreds of professional midwives from the global south. Global macroprocesses of power, institutional forms of exclusion, and interpersonal expressions of racism all play a part. Sheryl Nestel shows that unequal relations between women underlie the successful challenge to patriarchal medical authority mounted by provincial midwifery activists. This is a disquieting but fascinating counter-history of the re-emergence of midwifery.

Author : Nanneke Redclift,M Thea Sinclair,M. Thea Sinclair
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134978212

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Working Women by Nanneke Redclift,M Thea Sinclair,M. Thea Sinclair Pdf

As the female labour force continues to expand, the terms on which women participate remain a considerable problem. Working Women presents a detailed examination of women's position in the paid workforce in a variety of first and third world countries and identifies the common cultural and economic factors which create disadvantage.

Author : David Knights,Hugh Willmott
Publisher : Gower Publishing Company
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSC:32106007357145

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Gender and the Labour Process by David Knights,Hugh Willmott Pdf

Author : Giovanni Razzu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317327950

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Gender Inequality in the Eastern European Labour Market by Giovanni Razzu Pdf

Under communism there was, in the countries of Eastern Europe, a high level of gender equality in the labour market, particularly in terms of high participation rates by women. The transition from communism has upset this situation, with different impacts in the different countries. This book presents a comprehensive overview of gender and the labour market since the fall of communism in a wide range of Eastern European countries. Each country chapter describes the nature of inequality in the particular country, and goes on to examine the factors responsible for this, including government policies, changing social attitudes, levels of educational attainment and the impact of motherhood. Overall, the book provides an interesting comparison to the situation in Western developed countries, outlining differences and similarities. No one single Eastern European model emerges while, as in Western developed countries, a range of experiences and trends is the norm.

Author : International Labour Office
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9221108449

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ABC of Women Workers' Rights and Gender Equality by International Labour Office Pdf

2nd version of a 1994 publication.

Author : Jacqueline L. Scott,Shirley Dex,Heather Joshi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848442931

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Women and Employment by Jacqueline L. Scott,Shirley Dex,Heather Joshi Pdf

An informative and important volume. Johanna Kumlin, European Sociological Review This collection further contributes to our awareness of the complicated intersection of work and family life for women and men and to a few of the socio-economic factors which serve as impediments to its synchronization. It is well written, carefully researched, and rather detailed in its analysis. Susan Cody, Sex Roles This excellent collection deserves to be read, and from cover to cover. . . all the contributions focus on the UK situation over the past 25 years, although some offer comparative exemplars and analysis. This national focus makes this collection an essential resource for those working in the UK (and Europe). But, the general empirical excellence of the collection, as well as the theoretical insights generated in some of the chapters, make this an essential collection for anyone interested in gender and work. Lesley Patterson, Gender in Management: An International Journal There cannot be a richer collection than this on the topic of women, their employment conditions and how they balance home and work life. . . a valuable resource that can be returned to for hard statistics and proven solutions you can use in your own policy creation. Equality and Diversity This collection will be an invaluable resource for anyone concerned with changes in women s employment over the last twenty-five years. Authoritative and up to date, it is simultaneously wide-ranging and focused, analytical and policy oriented. The editors have brought together the knowledge of many renowned experts to reflect on labour market developments and gendered employment. Attention to transitions across the life course is a particularly welcome feature of the book, as is the linking of employment studies with family research. Miriam Glucksmann, University of Essex, UK How is women s employment shaped by family and domestic responsibilities? This book, written by leading experts in the field, examines twenty-five years of change in women s employment and addresses the challenges facing women today. The authors offer an innovative analysis of how global changes including new migration processes, educational expansion, transnational labour markets, technological advances and the global economy affect women s labour market experiences. They tackle issues relevant for future change, including gender inequalities and ethnic diversities, and confront contentious questions such as what is meant by work life balance. The book provides new empirical research that both advances our understanding of the challenges posed by women s employment in our changing society and draws out the policy lessons that could improve economic and social wellbeing. Providing dynamic analysis of employment family inter relationships, Women and Employment will be of great relevance to social scientists and academics interested in employment and family as well as policymakers concerned with changing women s employment.

Author : Janet Siltanen,Jennifer Jarman,Robert Martin Blackburn,International Labour Office
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9221091368

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Gender Inequality in the Labour Market by Janet Siltanen,Jennifer Jarman,Robert Martin Blackburn,International Labour Office Pdf

This user-friendly manual, which can be used as a self-learning or as a teaching tool, guides readers through all stages in producing data on occupational concentration and segregation. It clarifies concepts and measures, discusses quality and availability of information, and reviews various methodological tools, using well-known statistical software packages. It should be of interest to researchers and analysts of occupational data.

Author : Pamela Sharpe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134586639

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Women, Gender and Labour Migration by Pamela Sharpe Pdf

Approximately half of all migrants today are female. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which attention to gender is moving debates away from old paradigms, such as the push/pull motivation which used to dominate the field of migration studies. The authors consider women's experience of migration, especially in long distance, transnational moves. They examine the extent to which labour migration is a social and strategic decision for women.

Author : S. Hatt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230372306

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Gender, Work and Labour Markets by S. Hatt Pdf

Men and women's distinctive roles in productive activity affect their economic independence. The book uses basic economic principles to analyze the differences between men and women who are in employment, are unemployed or are non-participant in labour markets. The extent to which domestic responsibilities affect labour market participation varies considerably between men and women with implications for their promotion prospects and their earnings. This book considers the policy implications of the different economic roles of men and women.

Author : Alice Kessler-Harris
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780252073939

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Gendering Labor History by Alice Kessler-Harris Pdf

The role of gender in the history of the working class world

Author : Janet C. Gornick,Marcia K. Meyers
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781844673254

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Gender Equality by Janet C. Gornick,Marcia K. Meyers Pdf

In the labor market and workplace, anti-discrimination rules, affirmative action policies, and pay equity procedures exercise a direct effect on gender relations. But what can be done to influence the ways that men and women allocate tasks and responsibilities at home? In Gender Equality, Volume VI in the Real Utopias series, social scientists Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers propose a set of policies—paid family leave provisions, working time regulations, and early childhood education and care—designed to foster more egalitarian family divisions of labor by strengthening men’s ties at home and women’s attachment to paid work. Their policy proposal is followed by a series of commentaries—both critical and supportive—from a group of distinguished scholars, and a concluding essay in which Gornick and Meyers respond to a debate that is a timely and valuable contribution to egalitarian politics.