Professions and Patriarchy

Zusatztext `An excellent application of feminist theory to occupational sociology' - Mike Dent! Staffordshire Polytechnic. Informationen zum Autor Anne Witz Klappentext This impressive and original study is one of the first books to combine mainstream sociology with feminism in exploring the subject of the professions and power.This is an important addition to the corpus of feminist scholarship... It provides fresh insights into the way in which male power has been used to limit the employment aspirations of women in the middle classes. - Rosemary Crompton, University of Kent Zusammenfassung This impressive and original study is one of the first books to combine mainstream sociology with feminism in exploring the subject of the professions and power. This is an important addition to the corpus of feminist scholarship... It provides fresh insights into the way in which male power has been used to limit the employment aspirations of women in the middle classes. - Rosemary Crompton, University of Kent Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Gender, closure and professional projects; 1 PATRIARCHY, CAPITALISM AND GENDER RELATIONS AT WORK; 2 PATRIARCHY AND PROFESSIONS; Part II Gender and professional projects in the medical division of labour; 3 GENDER AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALISATION; 4 MEDICAL MEN AND MIDWIVES; 5 THE OCCUPATIONAL POLITICS OF NURSE REGISTRATION; 6 GENDER AND RADIOGRAPHY; 7 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index;

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Anne Witz

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This impressive and original study is one of the first books to combine mainstream sociology with feminism in exploring the subject of the professions and power.
This is an important addition to the corpus of feminist scholarship... It provides fresh insights into the way in which male power has been used to limit the employment aspirations of women in the middle classes. - Rosemary Crompton, University of Kent

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Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Gender, closure and professional projects; 1 PATRIARCHY, CAPITALISM AND GENDER RELATIONS AT WORK; 2 PATRIARCHY AND PROFESSIONS; Part II Gender and professional projects in the medical division of labour; 3 GENDER AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALISATION; 4 MEDICAL MEN AND MIDWIVES; 5 THE OCCUPATIONAL POLITICS OF NURSE REGISTRATION; 6 GENDER AND RADIOGRAPHY; 7 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index;