Globalization, Uncertainty and Women’s Careers

An International Comparison

AvHans-Peter Blossfeld,Heather Hofmeister

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

Globalization, Uncertainty and Women's Careers assesses the effects of globalization on the life courses of women in thirteen countries across Europe and America in the second half of the 20th century.The book represents the first-ever longitudinal analysis of micro-level data from these OECD countries focusing exclusively on women's relationship to the labor market in a globalizing world. The contributors thoroughly examine women's employment entries, exits and job mobility and present evidence of women's increased labor market attachment and reduced employment quality in most of the countries studied. They also systematically consider the life course changes influenced by larger transformations in society and, in doing so, explicitly link the phenomena of globalization to individual women's lives in Europe and North America.Highlighting the consequences of specific national policies on women's lives, women's labor market participation, and demographic phenomena such as low fertility, this book will prove invaluable to academics, students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers seeking to understand the effects of international social change on national contexts and individual lives.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-01-31
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781847206251

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

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Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Professor of Sociology, University of Bamberg and Heather Hofmeister, Frankfurt Goethe-Universität, Germany

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:PrefaceForewordPART I: INTRODUCTION1. Globalization, Uncertainty and Women’s Mid-Career Life Courses: A Theoretical FrameworkHeather Hofmeister, Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Melinda Mills2. Women’s Employment in Times of Globalization: A Comparative OverviewDirk HofäckerPART II: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON CONSERVATIVE WELFARE REGIMES3. Women’s Employment in West GermanySandra Buchholz and Daniela Grunow4. Changes in Women’s Employment and Occupational Mobility in the Netherlands: 1995 to 2000Matthijs Kalmijn and Ruud LuijkxPART III: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC WELFARE REGIMES5. Globalization, Deindustrialization and the Labor Market Experiences of Swedish Women, 1950 to 2000Tomas Korpi and Charlotta Stern6. Danish Women’s Unemployment, Job Mobility and Non-Employment, 1980s and 1990s: Marked by Globalization?Daniela Grunow and Søren Leth-SørensenPART IV: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON POST-SOCIALIST WELFARE REGIMES7. Women’s Career Mobility in HungaryErzsébet Bukodi and Péter Róbert 8. Women’s Employment in EstoniaJelena Helemäe and Ellu Saar9. Women and the Labor Market in the Czech Republic: Transition from a Socialist to a Social-Democratic Regime?Dana Hamplová10. Women and the Labor Market in Poland: From Socialism to CapitalismAnia PlomienPART V: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON LIBERAL WELFARE REGIMES11. Women’s Employment in BritainKatrin Golsch12. Women’s Employment Transitions and Mobility in the United States: 1968 to 1991Heather HofmeisterPART VI: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON FAMILY-ORIENTED WELFARE REGIMES13. Labor Force Dynamics and Occupational Attainment Across Three Cohorts of Women in Urban MexicoEmilio A. Parrado14. Mid-Career Women in Contemporary Italy: Economic and Institutional ChangesMaurizio Pisati and Antonio Schizzerotto15. Hard Choices: Can Spanish Women Reconcile Job and Family?Carles Simó NogueraPART VII: CONCLUSIONS16. The Impact of Gender Role Attitudes on Women’s Life CoursesDetlev Lück17. Women’s Careers in an Era of Uncertainty: Conclusions from a 13-Country International ComparisonHeather Hofmeister and Hans-Peter BlossfeldIndex