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Andolsen offers an overview of sociological research on the subjects of gender, clerical work, and office technology from the perspective of religious studies and ethical analysis. Her purpose in this book is to develop a normative theory of what makes work "good" and to relate this model to the actual conditions now experienced by women in automated offices. Andolsen also suggests specific changes and strategies for accomplishing them that would bring these computerized workplaces closer to the ideal. As she points out, it is rare for religious thinkers to devote systematic attention to issues of economic justice, and even rarer to see women's work in the center of such an analysis. Although the social science research reviewed here will be familiar to scholars in the area, Andolsen provides a lucidly written and comprehensive survey of the area that will be useful to all nonexperts. She then uses this review to develop a specifically Christian (though nondenominational) understanding of oppression and justice in the workplace; this original and unusual analysis should be very valuable for those in religiously affiliated undergraduate institutions or in religious studies. -M. M. Ferree, University of Connecticut
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