Sex segregation and inequality in the modern labour market
Jude Browne
Abstract
This book presents an interpretation of the nature, causes, and consequences of sex inequality in the modern labour market. Employing a new theoretical framework, and drawing on original fieldwork, it develops a subtle account of the phenomenon of sex segregation and offers a major challenge to existing approaches. In an environment increasingly defined by attempts to converge and consolidate international policy objectives, an in-depth understanding of contemporary forms of inequality is vital to anyone interested in the effective translation of normative accounts of social justice into pract ... More
Keywords: sex inequality, labour market, sex segregation, inequality, social justice, social policy, policy makers
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2006 | Print ISBN-13: 9781861345998 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781861345998.001.0001 |
