Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century

Edited by Jacqueline Scott, Rosemary Crompton and Clare Lyonette

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Both women and men strive to achieve a work and family balance, but does this imply more or less equality? Does the persistence of gender and class inequalities refute the notion that lives are becoming more individualised? Leading international authorities document how gender inequalities are changing and how many inequalities of earlier eras are being eradicated. However, this book shows there are new barriers and constraints that are slowing progress in attaining a more egalitarian society. Taking the new global economy into account, the expert contributors to this book examine the conflicts between different types of feminisms, revise old debates about ‘equality’ and ‘difference’ in the gendered nature of work and care, and propose new and innovative policy solutions.

Keywords: Business and Management; Development Studies; Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
ISBN: 9781848444386
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Becoming Adult: The Persisting Importance of Class and Gender

Ingrid Schoon

Ch 2 Class Reproduction, Occupational Inheritance and Occupational Choices

Fiona Devine

Ch 3 Ethnic Differences in Women’s Economic Activity: A Focus on Pakistani and Bangladeshi Women

Angela Dale and Sameera Ahmed

Ch 4 Gender and the Post-industrial Shift

Janette Webb

Ch 5 Penalties of Part-time Work Across Europe

Tracey Warren

Ch 6 Feminising Professions in Britain and France: How Countries Differ

Nicky Le Feuvre

Ch 7 Gender Segregation and Bargaining in Domestic Labour: Evidence from Longitudinal Time-use Data

Man Yee Kan and Jonathan Gershuny

Ch 8 Family, Class and Gender ‘Strategies’ in Mothers’ Employment and Childcare

Rosemary Crompton and Clare Lyonette

Ch 9 Perceptions of Quality of Life: Gender Differences Across the Life Course

Jacqueline Scott, Anke Plagnol and Jane Nolan

Ch 10 Within-Household Inequalities Across Classes? Management and Control of Money

Fran Bennett, Jérôme De Henau and Sirin Sung

Ch 11 Restructuring Gender Relations: Women’s Labour Market Participation and Earnings Inequality Among Households

Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund and Arne Mastekaasa

Ch 12 Feminist Policies and Feminist Conflicts: Daddy’s Care or Mother’s Milk?

Anne Lise Ellingsæter

Ch 13 A Mysterious Commodity: Capitalism and Femininity

Mary Evans

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