Women in Non-traditional Occupations

Challenging Men

B Bagilhole author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:19th Nov '02

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Women in Non-traditional Occupations cover

Barbara Bagilhole's last book in this area was "Equal Opportunities and Social Policy: Issues of Gender, Race and Disability" (1997).

This book examines common issues and concepts concerning women in non-traditional, male dominated occupations. Then, it provides a more in-depth understanding of women's work lives through the experiences of the women themselves in four occupations;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.

ISBN: 9780333929261

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 445g

220 pages