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Women in Non-traditional Occupations

Challenging Men

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Barbara Bagilhole

    1. Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Barbara Bagilhole
    Pages 1-9

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

    • Barbara Bagilhole
    Pages 10-25

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

    • Barbara Bagilhole
    Pages 26-43

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

    • Barbara Bagilhole
    Pages 44-57

  6. Four Non-Traditional Occupations for Women

    • Barbara Bagilhole
    Pages 58-75

  7. No Change at Home?

    • Barbara Bagilhole
    Pages 76-95

  8. Structural Barriers

    • Barbara Bagilhole
    Pages 96-113

  9. Hostile Reactions: Male Culture

    • Barbara Bagilhole
    Pages 114-132

  10. Equal Opportunities Structures and Policies

    • Barbara Bagilhole
    Pages 133-148

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

    • Barbara Bagilhole
    Pages 149-164

  12. Titles Don’t Always Count

    • Barbara Bagilhole
    Pages 165-179

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

    • Barbara Bagilhole
    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.

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  • Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, UK

    Barbara Bagilhole

About the author

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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