Gendered Practices in Working Life

Gendered distinctions and differences in working life are produced by often hidden practices. What are they like? How do they work? The book creates, through its multidisciplinary approach and rich empirical data, a wide perspective on gendered practices in working life, from the level of labour market structures to the personal experiences of women and men. Some taken-for-granted assumptions of gender in social sciences and feminist research are challenged by a view through the 'Nordic window'.

Autorentext

Liisa Rantalaiho is a Professor of Sociology and Psychology of Work at the Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Finland

Tuula Heiskanen is a Research Director of the Work Research Centre at the Research Institute for social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland

Inhalt
Acknowledgements Forward; Joan Acker Studying Gendered Practices; Liisa Rantalaiho, Tuula Heiskanen, Marja Vehvilen & Pi Korvaji Contextualising Gender; Liisa Rantalaiho (de)constructing Gendered Hierarchies Introduction; Merja Kinnunen, Riitta Martikainen & Pi Korvaji Making Gender with Classifications; Merja Kinnunen Gender Matters in Collective Bargaining; Riitta Martikainen Working Within and Between Hierarchies; Pi Korvaji Everyday Life as Life Totality Introduction; Minna Salmi & Riikka Kivim Work and Parenthood; Riikka Kivim Autonomy and Time in Home-Based Work; Minna Salmi Defining Subjectivities in Working Life Introduction; Marja Vehvilen & Hannele Varsa Sexual Harassment as a Process; Hannele Varsa Women's Technical Subjectivities: One's 'Own' Information Systems; Marja Vehvilen Changing Gendered Practices Introduction; Tuula Heiskanen & Leila Rnen Desegregation; Leila Rnen Comparable Worth as Social Problem-Solving; Tuula Heiskanen Concluding Discussion Persistence and Change of Gendered Practices; Tuula Heiskanen & Liisa Rantalaiho References Index