Managing Gender: The State, The New Middle Class, and Women Workers, 1830-1930

by Desley Deacon

Overview

A study of women's access to equal pay and opportunity in the Australian public service. An examination of the public service reveals shifting perspectives on gender, class, and political hegemony. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's online version of the same title.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148147121
Publisher:	ACLS Humanities E-Book
Publication date:	01/16/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	731,988
File size:	7 MB

Editorial Reviews

In Managing Gender, Desley Deacon has written an intensely researched and complex tale: a case study of the interactions of state, class, and gender in the public service bureaucracy of New South Wales, one of the two most populous and influential states in the Australian federation.

American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 97, No. 4, New Directions in the Sociology of Medicine (Jan., 1992) - Hester Eisenstein