Professions and Patriarchy

`An excellent application of feminist theory to occupational sociology' - Mike Dent, Staffordshire Polytechnic.

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Gender, closure and professional projects; 1 PATRIARCHY, CAPITALISM AND GENDER RELATIONS AT WORK; 2 PATRIARCHY AND PROFESSIONS; Part II Gender and professional projects in the medical division of labour; 3 GENDER AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALISATION; 4 MEDICAL MEN AND MIDWIVES; 5 THE OCCUPATIONAL POLITICS OF NURSE REGISTRATION; 6 GENDER AND RADIOGRAPHY; 7 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index;