Policy for a change : local labour market analysis and gender equality /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy, 2009.
Description:	xiii, 218 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Women -- Employment -- Great Britain. Sex discrimination in employment -- Great Britain. Women employees -- Great Britain -- Social conditions. Sex discrimination in employment. Women employees -- Social conditions. Women -- Employment. Great Britain.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7625285

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Other authors / contributors:	Yeandle, Susan.
ISBN:	9781847420541 (hbk.) 1847420540 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-210) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of figures and tables
Preface and acknowledgements
Notes on contributors
About the GELLM research programme
Abbreviations and acronyms
1. Introduction
Part 1. Making connections: concepts and debates
2. Local labour markets in public policy context
3. Women's labour market situation: myths, puzzles and problems
Part 2. Gender equality and local labour markets
4. Segregation and clustering in the labour market: men, women and local-level analysis
5. Discrimination and disadvantage in local labour markets: issues affecting Black and minority ethnic women
6. Accessing the labour market
7. Job design and working hours: key sources of gender inequality
8. Tough at the top: women's career progression - an example in the local government sector
9. Concluision: policy for a change
Appendix A. GELLM research programme research methods
Appendix B. Employment and economic activity indicators for the GELLM localities and England
Appendix C. GELLM area profiles
References
Index

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