Susan Milner

Women and Employment in Public Policy (eBook, ePUB)

Learning from the UK Women and Work Commission (2004-2009)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Using documentary evidence and interviews from leading policy actors from the period, Women and Employment in Public Policy takes as its starting point the UK Women and Work Commission, which was convened in 2004 to examine causes of the gender pay gap.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780198875451
• Artikelnr.: 72229411

Autorenporträt

Susan Milner is Professor of European Politics and Society and has taught at the University of Bath for more than thirty years. Prior to that, she completed her PhD and worked as lecturer in French politics at the University of Aston. During her time at the University of Bath, she has taught on undergraduate and postgraduate courses on European politics, and supervised doctoral research. Susan is a member of the national charity Working Families' academic advisory group. Her research spans employment policy and employment relations and she is particularly interested in policy and practice aimed at promoting equality at work.

Inhaltsangabe

* Foreword
* 1: Introduction. Women and employment: a 'stalled' revolution
* 2: Feminizing British politics? Women in the legislature and the
executive
* 3: Understanding policy on women and employment: the gender pay gap
as a policy problem
* 4: Reaching the limits of the Equal Pay Act (1970-2007)
* 5: Feminizing Labour: the party and trade unions
* 6: The women's policy machinery: strengthening women's voice in
government?
* 7: The Women and Work Commission: bridging different approaches to
the gender pay gap
* 8: The Women and Work Commission: implementation, influence and
effectiveness
* 9: The unfinished campaign for equal pay in the UK
* 10: The part-time working penalty and the under-valuing of women's
work
* 11: Families and childcare: an unfinished revolution
* 12: Training and skills: a long-standing policy gap
* 13: Setting the standard? The public sector's role in promoting
gender equality
* 14: Conclusion