What Women Want From Work: Gender and Occupational Choice in the 21st Century / Edition 1

by R. Woodfield

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230549227
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/23/2007
Series:	Women's Studies at York Series
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

Introduction Gender and Occupational Segregation - Setting the Scene Accounting for Occupational Segregation - The Perspective of Girls and Women Women and Non-Traditional Work: A Case Study of Fire Fighting Women and 'Traditional' Work: A Case Study of Teaching Women and Career Progression: Ambition, Success and Choice Gender as Vocation: A Sociology of Choice Conclusion Index