The gendering of inequalities : women, men, and work /

Contains 23 essays which discuss the history of and changes in women's relationship to the labour market. Questions whether public policy measures are actually promoting greater equality of opportunity for women or fostering new inequalities.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Nouvelles frontières de l'inégalité.
Other Authors:	Jenson, Jane, Laufer, Jacqueline, Maruani, Margaret
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translation of: Les nouvelles frontières de l'inégalité.
Published:	Aldershot [England] ; Burlington USA : Ashgate, ©2000.
Subjects:	Women > Employment. Sex discrimination in employment. Discrimination sexuelle dans l'emploi > Pays de l'Union européenne. Femmes > Travail > Pays de l'Union européenne. Égalité de rémunération > Pays de l'Union européenne. Rôle selon le sexe en milieu de travail > Pays de l'Union européenne. Marché du travail > Pays de l'Union européenne. Égalité des sexes > Pays de l'Union européenne. Discrimination sexuelle dans l'emploi. Sekseverschillen. Arbeidsmarkt. women workers. sexual division of labour. equal employment opportunity. working mother. labour flexibility. history. female occupation. immigrant. human relations. part time employment. Community law. student. educational level. skill. service worker. occupational status. occupational change. secretary. labour market. wage differential. wages. work of comparable worth. seniority benefit. social protection. unemployment. social exclusion. employment policy. flexible hours of work. family policy. unpaid work. female headed household. service sector. domestic worker. arrangement of working time. life style. social change. statistical table. France. Germany. Spain. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Western Europe. travailleuses. division du travail basée sur le sexe. égalité des chances dans l'emploi. mère exerçant un emploi. flexibilité du travail. histoire. profession féminine. relations humaines. emploi à temps partiel. droit communautaire. étudiant. niveau d'enseignement. qualifications. travailleur des services. statut professionnel. changement de profession. secrétaire. marché du travail. disparité des salaires. salaire. travail de valeur comparable. prime d'ancienneté protection sociale. chômage. exclusion sociale. politique de l'emploi. horaire de travail variable. politique familiale. travail non rémunéré femme-chef de famille. secteur tertiaire. employé de maison. aménagement du temps de travail. mode de vie. changement social. tableau statistique. Allemagne. Espagne. Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord. Europe occidentale. trabajadoras. división del trabajo por sexo. igualdad de oportunidades en el empleo. trabajadora madre de familia. flexibilidad del trabajo. historia. profesión femenina. inmigrante. relaciones humanas. empleo a tiempo parcial. derecho comunitario. estudiante. nivel educativo. calificación. trabajador de los servicios. posición profesional. cambio de profesión. secretario. mercado de trabajo. diferencia del salario. salario. trabajo de valor comparable. prima por antigüedad. protección social. desempleo. exclusión social. política de empleo. horario de trabajo variable. política familiar. trabajo no remunerado. mujer cabeza de familia. sector terciario. trabajador doméstico. ordenamiento del tiempo de trabajo. estilo de vida. cambio social. cuadros estadísticos. Alemania. Francia. España. Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte. Europa Occidental. graph. graphique. gráfico.

Table of Contents:

Comparative perspective on work and gender / Jane Jenson
Overview of the major issues / Margaret Maruani
Introduction to part I, Intersections : gender categories in time and space / Jane Jenson
Time and women's work : historical periodisations / Delphine Gardey
Where have they been working and what have they been doing? : historical perspectives on working women / Sylvie Schweitzer
Immigrant women and their daughters : intersections of race, class and gender / Françoise Gaspard
Sexual division of labour re-examined / Helena Hirata and Danièle Kergoat
Re-signifying the worker : gender and flexibility / Sylvia Walby
Introduction to part II, Variations on women's and men's occupations / Marlaine Cacouault
Hidden curriculum? : coeducation and gender identity / Annick Durand-Delvigne and Marie Duru-Bellat
Social construction of skill / Anne-Marie Daune-Richard
Secretarial work and technological change / Philippe Alonzo and Olivier Liaroutzos.
French and German educational models and their consequences for women / Catherine Marry
Introduction to part III, (Wo)man-handled by the labour market / Chantal Rogerat
Enduring wage gap : a Europe-wide comparison / Rachel Silvera
Part-time work : challenging the "breadwinner" gender contract / Colette Fagan, Jacqueline O'Reilly and Jill Rubery
Female unemployment in France and the rest of Europe / Annie Gauvin
Moving towards the American model? : women and unemployment in Great Britain / Ariane Hegewisch
When exclusion is socially acceptable : the case of Spain / Teresa Torns
Introduction to part IV, Public sphere, private sphere : the issue of women's rights / Jacqueline Laufer
Equality at work : what difference does legislating make? / Marie-Thérèse Lanquetin
European policies promoting more flexible labour forces / Danièle Meulders
Family policy and the labour market in European welfare states / Jane Lewis.
France's new service sector and the family / Michel Lallement
Democracy confronts the new domestic services / Geneviève Fraisse
Rethinking time : there is more to life than working time / Maria-Carmen Belloni, Jean-Yves Boulin and Annie Junter-Loiseau
Future remains open / Christian Baudelot.