| Description |
xii, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Women in the political economy |
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Women in the political economy.
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| Contents |
Occupational sex segregation: persistence and change -- Queueing and changing occupational composition -- Consequences of desegregation: occupational integration and economic equity? -- Culture, commerce, and gender: the feminization of book editing / Barbara F. Reskin -- Industrial and occupational change in pharmacy: prescription for feminization / Polly A. Phipps -- Keepers of the corporate image: women in public relations / Katharine M. Donato -- High finance, small change: women's increased representation in bank management / Chloe E. Bird -- Programming for change? the growing demand for women systems analysts / Katharine M. Donato -- Women's gains in insurance sales: increased supply, uncertain demand / Barbara J. Thomas -- A woman's place is selling homes: occupational change and the feminization of real estate sales / Barbara J. Thomas and Barbara F. Reskin -- Occupational resegregation among insurance adjusters and examiners / Polly A. Phipps -- Women behind bars: the feminization of bartending / Linda A. Detman -- Baking and baking off: deskilling and the changing sex makeup of bakers / Thomas Steiger and Barbara F. Reskin -- Hot-metal to electronic composition: gender, technology, and social change / Patricia A. Roos -- Summary, implications, and prospects -- Appendix: Guidelines used for occupational case studies. |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 331-369. |
| Subject |
Sexual division of labor -- United States.
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Pay equity -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Roos, Patricia A.
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| ISBN |
0877227438 |
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0877227446 (paperback) |
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