| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Sociology for a new century |
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Sociology for a new century.
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| Note |
Revision of: Women and men at work / Barbara Reskin, Irene Padavic. 1994. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-200) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Work and gender -- What work is -- Sex and gender -- Gendered work -- Summary -- 2. Gendered work in time and place -- The sexual division of labor in preindustrial Europe -- The industrial revolution -- The sexual division of paid and unpaid work -- The sexual division of labor around the world -- Summary -- 3. An overview of sex inequality at work -- Sex inequality in the contemporary American workplace -- Explanations for sex inequality in the workplace -- Summary -- 4. Sex segregation in the workplace -- Consequences of sex segregation -- A history of sex segregation in the United States -- Cross-national differences in sex segregation -- Trends in sex segregation -- Explanations and remedies for sex segregation -- Summary -- 5. Moving up and taking charge -- Women, men, and promotions -- Women, men, and authority -- Explanations and remedies for the promotion and authority gaps -- Summary -- 6. Sex differences in earnings -- The cost of being female -- Explaining the pay gap -- Employers' discriminatory actions -- Summary -- 7. Paid work and family work -- The decline of the stay-at-home wife and mother -- Work-family conflict -- The sexual division of labor and work-family conflict -- Responses to work-family conflicts -- Summary. |
| Subject |
Sex discrimination in employment -- United States.
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Women -- Employment -- United States.
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Men -- Employment -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Reskin, Barbara F.
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| ISBN |
076198710X paperback |
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