Working women [electronic resource] : international perspectives on labour and gender ideology / edited by Nanneke Redclift and M. Thea Sinclair.

This study examines the position of women in the paid workforce in a variety of developed and developing countries and identifies the common cultural and economic factors which create a disadvantage to their advancement.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Redclift, Nanneke, Sinclair, M. Thea
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 1991.
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Table of Contents:
  • Women, work and skill : economic theories and feminist perspectives / M. Thea Sinclair
  • Gender and library work : the limitations of dual labour market theory / Maura Luck
  • Images and goods : women in retailing / Adelina Broadbridge
  • Shop floor control : the ideological construction of Turkish women factory workers / Yildiz Ecevit
  • Prostitution and tourism in South-East Asia / Wendy Lee
  • Return to the veil : personal strategy and public participation in Egypt / Homa Hoodfar
  • Women in struggle : a case study in a Kent mining community / Avril Leonard
  • Women shop stewards in a county branch of NALGO / Jenny Walton
  • Money and power : evaluating income generating projects for women / Joy Lyon
  • Greek women and tourism : women's co-operatives as an alternative form of organization / Mary Castelberg-Koulma.
  • A feminist business in a capitalist world : Silver Moon Women's Bookshop / Jane Cholmeley.