This book illustrates why both academic research and policy thinking need to factor-in gender hierarchies and structures if they are to address some of the key challenges of contemporary societies: the widespread informality and insecurity of paid work and the crisis of care

This book examines the everyday-life patterns of young adults under circumstances of vulnerability and precariousness. Its main focus is on the web of social relations that structure the everyday life of young people, for instance by providing resources and tools of solving problems, exerting...

In ihrer qualitativen Einzelfallstudie widmet sich Jeannette Trenkmann der Frage, warum gleichstellungspolitische Maßnahmen in Unternehmen der deutschen Privatwirtschaft wirkungslos bleiben. Zur Beantwortung dieser sowohl aus praktischer als auch theoretischer Sicht hochrelevanten Problematik...