ABSTRACT

As the female labour force continues to expand, the terms on which women participate remain a considerable problem. Working Women presents a detailed examination of women's position in the paid workforce in a variety of first and third world countries and identifies the common cultural and economic factors which create disadvantage.

chapter |23 pages

Women, work and skill

Economic theories and feminist perspectives

chapter |16 pages

Gender and library work

The limitations of dual labour market theory

chapter |14 pages

Images and goods

Women in retailing

chapter |23 pages

Shop floor control

The ideological construction of Turkish women factory workers

chapter |21 pages

Return to the veil

Personal strategy and public participation in Egypt

chapter |25 pages

Women in struggle

A case study in a Kent mining community

chapter |25 pages

Money and power

Evaluating income generating projects for women

chapter |16 pages

Greek women and tourism

Women's co-operatives as an alternative form of organization

chapter |20 pages

A feminist business in a capitalist world

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