R. Woodfield

What Women Want From Work

Gender and Occupational Choice in the 21st Century

• Broschiertes 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: 978-1-349-36162-5
• 1st ed. 2007
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 337g
• ISBN-13: 9781349361625
• ISBN-10: 1349361623
• Artikelnr.: 45005193

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