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Women and Working Lives

Divisions and Change

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Sara Arber

    1. University of Surrey, UK

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  2. Nigel Gilbert

    1. University of Surrey, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Re-assessing Women’s Working Lives: An Introductory Essay

    1. Re-assessing Women’s Working Lives: An Introductory Essay

      • Sara Arber, Nigel Gilbert
      Pages 1-13

  3. Women’s Labour Market Position: Ideology and Social Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. World War, Women’s Work and the Gender Division of Paid Labour

      • Richard K. Brown
      Pages 17-35

    3. Gender-role Attitudes in Britain and the USA

      • Jacqueline Scott, Jean Duncombe
      Pages 36-53

    4. Money, Marriage and Motherhood: Dual Earner Households after Maternity Leave

      • Julia Brannen
      Pages 54-70

    5. Employment and Domestic Work: A Comparison of Samples of British and French Women

      • Ian Procter, Peter Ratcliffe
      Pages 71-88

    6. Feminisation of the Labour Force in Britain and France

      • Patricia Walters, Shirley Dex
      Pages 89-103

    7. Demographic Change and ‘New Opportunities’ for Woman: The Case of Employers’ Career Break Schemes

      • Carole Truman
      Pages 104-117

    8. Women under Glasnost: An Analysis of ‘Women’s Place’ in Contemporary Soviet Society

      • Kay Richards Broschart
      Pages 118-127

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 190-215
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Surrey, UK

    Sara Arber, Nigel Gilbert

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Women and Working Lives

  • Book Subtitle: Divisions and Change

  • Editors: Sara Arber, Nigel Gilbert

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21693-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: British Sociological Association 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-21695-6Published: 01 January 1992

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-21693-2Published: 06 November 1991

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 215

  • Topics: Gender Studies, Labor Economics

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