Occupational Ghettos: The Worldwide Segregation of Women and Men (Studies in Social Inequality)

by Maria Charles and David B. Grusky

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The last half-century has witnessed dramatic declines in gender inequality, evidenced by the rise of egalitarian views on gender roles and the narrowing of long-standing gender gaps in university attendance and labor force participation. This development, while spectacular, has been coupled with similarly impressive forms of resistance to equalization, most notably the continuing tendency for women to crowd into female "occupational ghettos." This book answers the important questions: Why has such extreme segregation persisted even as other types of gender inequality have lessened? Why is segregation especially extreme in precisely those countries that appear most committed to egalitarian reform and family-friendly policies?
  • ISBN10 0804736340
  • ISBN13 9780804736343
  • Publish Date 18 August 2004
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 3 October 2008
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Stanford University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 254
  • Language English