Women and equality in the workplace : a reference handbook

✍ Scribed by Janet Zollinger Giele; Leslie F. Stebbins

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 350
• Series: Contemporary world issues
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Women and Equality in the Workplace
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Women’s Progress toward Equality in Employment
Gender Equity from an International Perspective
The Promise of Modernization
The Impact of Globalization
Factors that Promote Equality
Feminism in Industrialized Capitalist Nations
The Socialist Experience
Women’s Movements in the Third World
Feminist Issues in the New Global Economy
Women’s Rising Labor Force Participation in the United States
New Job Opportunities (Changes in Demand)
Changes in Women’s Availability and Desire for Employment (Labor Supply)
Reorganization of Work, Family, and Life Patterns
Changes in the Workplace
Changes in the Family
Changes in the Typical Life Course
Variation in Employment Rates
Employment Patterns of Men and Women
Differences by Race
Changing Employment Profiles over the Life Course
Differentials in Men’s and Women’s Occupations and Earnings
Gender Patterns in U.S. Occupations
The Earnings Differential
Explanations of the Earnings Penalty to Women
Preference Theory
Patriarchy, Discrimination, and Segregation
Innovation and Gender Crossovers
Education, Experience, and Human Capital Theory
Educational Attainment
Time on the Job
Skill Requirements of Specific Occupations
Discrimination and Sex Segregation
Evidence of Discrimination
“Taste” for Discrimination
Gender Typing and Overcrowding
Internal Labor Markets
The Shape of the Future
Major Role Patterns
Importance of Societal Context
Changes in Labor Supply
Changes in Occupational Structure
Changes in Tastes and Values
Summary
References
2 Legal Remedies and Social Policies
Equal Opportunity in Employment
From Protectionism to Equal Opportunity
Legal Progress toward Equal Employment Opportunity
Enforcement of the Equal Pay Act and of Title VII
Affirmative Action in Employment
Comparable Worth
Sexual Harassment
Social Policy for Women in Blue-Collar Work
Equal Opportunity in Education
Role of the Women’s Movement
Provisions of Title IX
Accomplishments in Academia
Affirmative Action in Education
Single-Sex and Coeducational Programs
Athletics and Competitive Sports in Schools and Colleges
Assessment of the Implementation and Effects of Title IX
Integration of Work and Family Obligations
Child Care Policy
Work and Family Policy
The Changing Economy in Relation to Family Life
The Emergence of a Feminist Perspective
Alternative Work and Family Arrangements
Possibilities for the Future
Workfare and Welfare Reform
Summary
References
3 Chronology
References
4 Biographical Sketches
Pioneers
Madeleine Korbel Albright (1937–)
Shirley Chisholm (1924–)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–)
Anita Hill (1956–)
Billie Jean King (1943–)
Sally Ride (1951–)
Activists
Linda Chavez-Thompson (1944–)
Betty Friedan (1921–)
Martha Edna Wright Griffiths (1912–)
Bernice Resnick Sandler (1928–)
Eleanor Smeal (1939–)
Gloria Steinem (1934–)
Scholars
Barbara Bergmann (1927–)
Francine Blau (1946–)
Jo Freeman (1945–)
Claudia Goldin (1946–)
Alice Kessler-Harris (1941–)
Catharine MacKinnon (1946–)
Barbara Reskin
References
5 Legal Facts and Statistical Data
Legal Facts
Legislation
Court Cases
Executive Orders
Statistical Data
Labor Force Participation Rate
Differentials in Earnings
Occupational Segregation
Educational Attainment
Family Demographics and Household Composition
Housework and Child Care
Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
Emerging International Issues of Sex Equality
References
6 Directory of Organizations
Organizations in the United States
Graduate Programs Pertaining to Women and International Development
International Organizations
7 Selected Print Resources
Books
General Overview and History of Gender and Employment
Pay Equity, Occupational Sex Segregation, and Comparable Worth
International and Comparative Studies
Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Work
Work and Family
Journals
8 Selected Nonprint Resources
Videos and Web Sites
Activism and Organizing
Discrimination, the Glass Ceiling, and Gender Issues at Work
Education and Career Choice
History, Diversity, and International Perspectives
Sexual Harassment
Web Resources
United States Web Sites
International Web Sites
Glossary
Index
About the Authors