R. Woodfield

What Women Want from Work

Gender and Occupational Choice in the 21st Century

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Are current patterns within women's occupations a function of external limitations on initial ambitions, or do women simply prefer distinct types of work? Including case studies of fire fighting and teaching, this book offers a qualitative exploration of girls' and women's reported journeys towards their work choices.

Produktdetails

• Women's Studies at York Series
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-54922-7
• 2007
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 143mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9780230549227
• ISBN-10: 0230549225
• Artikelnr.: 22945256

Autorenporträt

RUTH WOODFIELD is Reader in Sociology at the University of Sussex, UK. She is the author of Women, Work and Computing.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Gender and Occupational Segregation - Setting the Scene Accounting for Occupational Segregation - The Perspective of Girls and Women Women and Non-Traditional Work: A Case Study of Fire Fighting Women and 'Traditional' Work: A Case Study of Teaching Women and Career Progression: Ambition, Success and Choice Gender as Vocation: A Sociology of Choice Conclusion Index