Equity in the Workplace

Gendering Workplace Policy Analysis

Heidi Gottfried editor Laura Reese editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Lexington Books

Published:27th Dec '03

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This edited collection assembles cutting-edge comparative policy research on contemporary policies relevant to gender and workplace issues. Contributors analyze contemporary gender-related employment policies ranging from parental leave and maternity programs, sexual harassment, and work/life balance to gender mainstreaming. Gender and Work in Comparative Perspective thoroughly illustrates the richness of understanding that can be gained through the juxtaposition of a variety of research methodologies focused on a common theme. The side-by-side presentation of single case studies on countries such as Canada, the United States, Germany, and Japan allows readers to compare and understand a wide range of policy options, thereby integrating what are usually separate bodies of research on the role of gender in welfare state developments, employment transformations, workplace policies, and work experience. An essential tool for scholars in many fields, this volume clearly illustrates how national approaches to gender and workplace policy form a spectrum of alternatives that, while rooted in the historical and social cultures of individual nation-states, are also subject to similar international global and economic forces.

Readers benefit from the rich, locally grounded studies, each of which contributes to the historical and critical analysis of the individual nation state, but even more significantly, from the lessons we might carry from place to place in understanding the breadth of policy options and the strategies employed by women to alter workplace practices. . . . the articles in this volume are clearly written and well researched. The variety of methodologies is welcome. * Canadian Woman Studies *
This book is a leading sally in what will likely be an increasing number of conference volumes devoted to cross-national comparisons of workplace policies. * CHOICE *

ISBN: 9780739106884

Dimensions: 236mm x 162mm x 28mm

Weight: 649g

424 pages