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Comparing the UK, US, Germany and Japan, this book draws on innovative concepts of varieties of gender regime as well as varieties of capitalism. The volume re-thinks the processes of de-gendering and re-gendering of working practices in the context of both de-regulation and re-regulation of employm...

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Main Authors: Walby, Sylvia (Author), Gottfried, Heidi (Author), Gottschall, Karin (Author), Osawa, Mari (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Gender Studies.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.
Political Economy.
Political Science.
Political Sociology.
Sociology of Work.
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Economics.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Industrial sociology.
Political science.
Political sociology.
Sex (Psychology)
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Comparing the UK, US, Germany and Japan, this book draws on innovative concepts of varieties of gender regime as well as varieties of capitalism. The volume re-thinks the processes of de-gendering and re-gendering of working practices in the context of both de-regulation and re-regulation of employment.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 322 pages)
ISBN:9780230624870
DOI:10.1057/9780230624870