Gendering the knowledge economy : comparative perspectives

edited by Sylvia Walby

Intorduction : Theorizing the gendering of the knowledge economy : comparative approaches / Sylvia Walby -- Gender and the conceptualization of the knowledge economy in comparison / Karen Shire -- Comparative livelihood security systems from a gender perspective, with a focus on Japan / Mari Osawa -- Varieties of gender regimes and regulating gender equality at work in the global context / Ilse Lenz -- Similar outcomes, different paths : the cross-national transfer of gendered regulations of employment / Glenda S. Roberts -- Self-employment in comparative perspective : general trends and the case of new media / Karen Gottschall and Daniela Kroos -- Living and working patterns in the new knowledge economy : new opportunities and old social divisions in the case of new media and care-work / Diane Perrons -- Are care-workers knowledge workers? / Makiko Nishikawa and Kazuko Tanaka -- Who gets to be a knowledge worker? The case of UK call centres / Susan Durbin -- Restructuring gendered flexibility in organizations : a comparative analysis of call centres in Germany / Ursula Holtgrewe

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Year of publication:	2007
Other Persons:	Walby, Sylvia (contributor) ; Gottfried, Heidi (contributor) ; Gottschall, Karin (contributor) ; Ōsawa, Mari (contributor)
Publisher:	Basingstoke [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan
Subject:	Wissensgesellschaft \| Knowledge society \| Frauenbewegung \| Women's movement \| Gleichberechtigung \| Gender equality \| Gleichstellungspolitik \| Gender mainstreaming \| Weibliche Arbeitskräfte \| Women workers \| Teilzeitarbeit \| Part-time employment \| Mediensektor \| Media industries \| Sozialer Dienst \| Social services \| Callcenter \| Call centre \| Großbritannien \| United Kingdom \| Japan \| Deutschland \| Germany \| Wirtschaft \| Geschlechterrolle \| Bedingung \| Frau \| Informationswirtschaft \| 1973-2004
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [media.obvsg.at] ; Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [loc.gov] ; Description [loc.gov] ; Description [loc.gov] ; Description [h-net.org]
Published items:	10 hits in ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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Extent:	xiv, 322 p. ill 22cm
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatzsammlung ; Sammelwerk ; Collection of articles of several authors
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. - Formerly CIP Intorduction : Theorizing the gendering of the knowledge economy : comparative approaches / Sylvia Walby -- Gender and the conceptualization of the knowledge economy in comparison / Karen Shire -- Comparative livelihood security systems from a gender perspective, with a focus on Japan / Mari Osawa -- Varieties of gender regimes and regulating gender equality at work in the global context / Ilse Lenz -- Similar outcomes, different paths : the cross-national transfer of gendered regulations of employment / Glenda S. Roberts -- Self-employment in comparative perspective : general trends and the case of new media / Karen Gottschall and Daniela Kroos -- Living and working patterns in the new knowledge economy : new opportunities and old social divisions in the case of new media and care-work / Diane Perrons -- Are care-workers knowledge workers? / Makiko Nishikawa and Kazuko Tanaka -- Who gets to be a knowledge worker? The case of UK call centres / Susan Durbin -- Restructuring gendered flexibility in organizations : a comparative analysis of call centres in Germany / Ursula Holtgrewe.
ISBN:	1-4039-9457-9 ; 978-1-4039-9457-8
Classification:	Ausbildung, Beruf, Organisationen ; Katalogisierung, Bestandserschließung ; Geschlechter und ihr Verhalten ; Einkommen, Beschäftigung, Arbeitsmarkt
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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