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Gender and the Post-industrial Shift

In: Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century

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  • Janette Webb

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Both women and men strive to achieve a work and family balance, but does this imply more or less equality? Does the persistence of gender and class inequalities refute the notion that lives are becoming more individualised? Leading international authorities document how gender inequalities are changing and how many inequalities of earlier eras are being eradicated. However, this book shows there are new barriers and constraints that are slowing progress in attaining a more egalitarian society. Taking the new global economy into account, the expert contributors to this book examine the conflicts between different types of feminisms, revise old debates about ‘equality’ and ‘difference’ in the gendered nature of work and care, and propose new and innovative policy solutions.

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  • Janette Webb, 2010. "Gender and the Post-industrial Shift," Chapters, in: Jacqueline Scott & Rosemary Crompton & Clare Lyonette (ed.), Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century, chapter 4, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:13500_4
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