Gendering the knowledge economy : comparative perspectives /
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| Imprint: | Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. |
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| Description: | xiv, 322 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6284207 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Reconceptualizing the New Economy, Gender and Regulation
- Theorizing the Gendering of the New Economy: Comparative Approaches
- Gender and the Conceptualization of the New Economy in Comparison
- Approaching Regulation: A Comparative Perspective on Gender, Regulations, and Non-Standard Employment
- Part II. Comparative Regulation
- Comparative Development of Social Policy Systems
- Varieties of Gender Regimes and Globally Informed Regulation of Gender Equality
- Work Life Policies in Multinationals: Do Regulations Make a Difference?
- Part III. Gendering New Employment Forms
- Self-Employment in Comparative Perspective: Dynamics, Profiles, and Risk-Management in a New New Media Work
- Living and Working in the New Economy: New Opportunities and Old Social Divisions in the Cases of the New Media and Carework
- Are Care Workers Knowledge Workers?
- Who Gets to be a Knowledge Worker? The Case of UK Call Centers
- Restructuring Gendered Flexibility in Organizations: A comparative analysis of call centres in Germany
- Appendix I
- Bibliography
