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What Women Want From Work

Gender and Occupational Choice in the 21st Century

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  • © 2007

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Authors:
  1. Ruth Woodfield

    1. University of Sussex, UK

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Part of the book series: Women's Studies at York Series (WSYS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. What Women Want from Work — An Introduction

    • Ruth Woodfield
    Pages 1-4

  3. Gender and Occupational Segregation — Setting the Scene

    • Ruth Woodfield
    Pages 5-49

  4. Accounting for Occupational Segregation — The Perspective of Girls and Women

    • Ruth Woodfield
    Pages 50-84

  5. Women and Non-Traditional Work: A Case Study of Firefighting

    • Ruth Woodfield
    Pages 85-130

  6. Women and ‘Traditional’ Work: A Case Study of Teaching

    • Ruth Woodfield
    Pages 131-174

  7. Women and Career Progression: Ambition, Success and Choice

    • Ruth Woodfield
    Pages 175-196

  8. Gender as Vocation: A Sociology of Occupational Choice

    • Ruth Woodfield
    Pages 197-226

  9. Concluding Comment

    • Ruth Woodfield
    Pages 227-229

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 230-250
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About this book

Are current patterns within women's occupations a function of external limitations on initial ambitions, or do women simply prefer distinct types of work? Including case studies of fire fighting and teaching, this book offers a qualitative exploration of girls' and women's reported journeys towards their work choices.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Sussex, UK

    Ruth Woodfield

About the author

RUTH WOODFIELD is Reader in Sociology at the University of Sussex, UK. She is the author of Women, Work and Computing.

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