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McDowell, Linda

Working Lives: Gender, Migration and Employment in Britain, 1945-2007

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Full of unique and compelling insights into the working lives of migrant women in the UK, this book draws on more than two decades of in-depth research to explore the changing nature of women’s employment in post-war Britain.

  • A first-rate example of theoretically located empirical analysis of labour market change in contemporary Britain
  • Includes compelling case studies that combine historical documentation of social change with fascinating first-hand accounts of women’s working lives over decades
  • Integrates information gleaned from more than two decades of in-depth research
  • Revealing comparative analysis of the similarities and differences in the lives of immigrant working women in post-war Britain
  • Features real-life accounts of women’s under-reported experiences of migration

Nyckelord: UK employment; migrant women; women's employment; post-war Britain; labour market; contemporary Britain; real-life accounts; urban studies; sociology; gender studies; migration studies; immigrant regulatory framework, Gender & Politics, Sociology of Organizations & Work, Gender & Politics, Sociology of Organizations & Work

Författare
Utgivare
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Utgivningsår
2013
Språk
en
Utgåva
1
Serie
RGS-IBG Book Series
Sidantal
296 sidor
Kategori
Fostran, undervisning
Format
E-bok
eISBN (ePUB)
9781118349243
Tryckt ISBN
9781444339185

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