Women in Non-traditional Occupations

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-9

3. An International Perspective on Women’s and Men’s Work: Gender Segregation of Labour Markets

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   Pages 10-25

4. Explanations of Continuing Occupational Segregation and Identification of Potential Levers for Change

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   Pages 26-43

5. Concepts and Themes around the Difference between Women’s and Men’s Work

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   Pages 44-57

6. Four Non-Traditional Occupations for Women

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   Pages 58-75

7. No Change at Home?

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   Pages 76-95

8. Structural Barriers

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   Pages 96-113

9. Hostile Reactions: Male Culture

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   Pages 114-132

10. Equal Opportunities Structures and Policies

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    Pages 133-148

11. Men Were There First — Becoming One of Them!

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    Pages 149-164

12. Titles Don’t Always Count

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    Pages 165-179

13. Challenging Gender Boundaries: Common Themes and Issues for Women in Non-Traditional Occupations

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    Pages 180-193

14. Back Matter

    Pages 194-220

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This book examines common issues and concepts concerning women in non-traditional, male dominated occupations. It explores the question of whether these women are the agents of change or are instead changed themselves. It provides a statistical examination and theoretical analysis of occupational sex segregation in the UK, the rest of the European Union, and the USA. Then, it provides a more in-depth understanding of women's work lives through the experiences of the women themselves in four occupations; management, academia, engineering and the priesthood.

• European Union (EU)
• gender
• labor market
• management
• Nation
• occupations
• Segregation
• Sex
• women

• Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, UK

  Barbara Bagilhole

BARBARA BAGILHOLE is a reader in Equal Opportunities in Social Policy in the Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University. Her major research and teaching interest is equal opportunities covering gender, 'race' and disability. Her last book in this area was Equal Opportunities and Social Policy; Issues of Gender, Race and Disability (1997).

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