Categories in Context

Isabelle Berrebi-Hoffmann is a researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research and, currently, a visiting professor and researcher at Harvard University, where she co-chairs the Transformation of Work research group and seminar.Olivier Giraud is a political scientist and research director at the French National Center for Scientific Research.Lea Renard is a doctoral researcher in sociology and political scientist at the University of Potsdam.Theresa Wobbe is a Professor Emerita at the University of Potsdam.

"Categories in Context takes an innovative approach that provides an expansive understanding of economic citizenship in its gendered limits and possibilities. This collection is an important intervention in historicizing gendered workplace regimes and will be a worthy contribution to the field." - Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara"The research gathered here is extremely important and well done. It brings together leading experts to illuminate a critical area of gender politics through rich, empirical case studies." - Amy Mazur, Washington State University

• List of Figures, Tables and GraphsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Categories of Gender and Work in Context. Ways Toward a Research AgendaIsabelle Berrebi-Hoffmann, Olivier Giraud, Lea Renard, and Theresa WobbePART I: SHIFTING CATEGORIES FROM A COMPARATIVE RELATIONAL PERSPECTIVEChapter 1. Making Sense of Women's Labour in the Context of the French Family Business: From Domestic Labour to Recognized WorkOlivier GiraudChapter 2. The Grey Zones between Work and Non-work: Statistical and Social Placing of 'Family Workers' in Germany (1880 -2010)Lea RenardChapter 3. Night Work for Women in France in the Last Two Decades before 2000: Regulations, Discourse and Gender IssuesMichel LallementChapter 4. 'Women's Factory Night Work' in Germany: Changing Classification Schemes in Varying Environments, 1891-1994Theresa Wobbe and Katja MuellerChapter 5. Women on Company Boards in France: French Republican Equality and Anti-Discrimination Laws Conflicting Logics (2006 - 2013)Anne-Francoise Bender, Isabelle Berrebi-Hoffmann, and Philippe ReigneChapter 6. Women on Company Boards in Germany: A Result of Constancy and Change in Gendered Categorizations (1980-2013)Katja MuellerPART II: TRANS-NATIONAL INTERPLAY OF CATEGORIZATIONChapter 7. Dynamics of Gendered Employment Regimes in France and Germany over the two last Decades: How can they be explained?Arnaud LechevalierChapter 8. 'The Family's Economic Charm' - Recent Reclassifications of Maternity, Employment, and Family in German Policy from a Historical-Sociological Perspective, 1900-2010Theresa Wobbe, Maike Bussmann, Carolin Hoeroldt, and Lea RenardChapter 9. From Particular Protection to Universal Principles: Shifting Classifications of Employment Rights in the ILO, the EU, and German Labour Law, 1919-1988Theresa Wobbe, Carolin Hoeroldt, and Maike BussmannChapter 10. Negotiating the Boundaries of Equality at Work: Tensions about a Gendered Employment Norm in France and in the European Community (1914-2014)Ferruccio RicciardiIndex