Gendered Practices in Working Life

Liisa Rantalaiho is a Professor of Sociology and Psychology of Work at the Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, FinlandTuula Heiskanen is a Research Director of the Work Research Centre at the Research Institute for social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland

i'Why despite widely articulated policies of equality, does gender inequality persist in the world of waged work? How is it that in Finland, a supposed paradise for women, hierarchic divisions of gender still prevail? In this very important contribution, a group of Finnish researchers, working with a shared conceptual focus on gendered practices, investigates the reproduction of gender inequality across an impressive array of terrains and circumstances. This book provides greater evidence that the solutions of liberal feminism are not enough...it paves the way for conducting futher studies of gendering practices in other cultural contexts.' - Marta Cala and Linda Smirich, University of Massachusetts at Amherst 'I read Gendered Practices in Working Life with great admiration. This book is an excellent collection of essays about crossing boundaries and making connections...It is essential reading for all concerned with these questions.' - Jeff Hearn, University of Manchester

• Acknowledgements Forward; Joan Acker Studying Gendered Practices; Liisa Rantalaiho, Tuula Heiskanen, Marja Vehvil�en & P�i Korvaj�i Contextualising Gender; Liisa Rantalaiho (de)constructing Gendered Hierarchies Introduction; Merja Kinnunen, Riitta Martikainen & P�i Korvaj�i Making Gender with Classifications; Merja Kinnunen Gender Matters in Collective Bargaining; Riitta Martikainen Working Within and Between Hierarchies; P�i Korvaj�i Everyday Life as Life Totality Introduction; Minna Salmi & Riikka Kivim� Work and Parenthood; Riikka Kivim� Autonomy and Time in Home-Based Work; Minna Salmi Defining Subjectivities in Working Life Introduction; Marja Vehvil�en & Hannele Varsa Sexual Harassment as a Process; Hannele Varsa Women's Technical Subjectivities: One's 'Own' Information Systems; Marja Vehvil�en Changing Gendered Practices Introduction; Tuula Heiskanen & Leila R�nen Desegregation; Leila R�nen Comparable Worth as Social Problem-Solving; Tuula Heiskanen Concluding Discussion Persistence and Change of Gendered Practices; Tuula Heiskanen & Liisa Rantalaiho References Index