Gendering the knowledge economy : comparative perspectives / edited by Sylvia Walby [and others].

Other author Walby, Sylvia.
Format Book
Publication InfoBasingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Descriptionxiv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Introduction : Theorizing the gendering of the knowledge economy : comparative approaches / Sylvia Walby -- Gender and the conceptualization of the knowledge economy in comparison / Karen Shire -- Comparative livelihood security systems from a gender perspective, with a focus on Japan / Mari Osawa -- Varieties of gender regimes and regulating gender equality at work in the global context / Ilse Lenz -- Similar outcomes, different paths : the cross-national transfer of gendered regulations of employment / Glenda S. Roberts -- Self-employment in comparative perspective : general trends and the case of new media / Karen Gottschall and Daniela Kroos -- Living and working patterns in the new knowledge economy : new opportunities and old social divisions in the case of new media and care-work / Diane Perrons -- Are care-workers knowledge workers? / Makiko Nishikawa and Kazuko Tanaka -- Who gets to be a knowledge worker? The case of UK call centres / Susan Durbin -- Restructuring gendered flexibility in organizations : a comparative analysis of call centres in Germany / Ursula Holtgrewe.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-312) and index.
LCCN 2006044696
ISBN1403994579 (hbk.)
ISBN9781403994578 (hbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks HC79.I55 G46 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold