This insightful new study explores an emerging and growing interest in Sociology and Organization Studies which concerns the meanings and experiences of ‘dirty’ work. Based on a unique study of male street cleaners, refuse collectors, graffiti removers and butchers, and drawing on Bourdieu...

Als Frauen zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts Zugang zu Universitäten gewährt wurde, studierten die meisten von ihnen Fächer, die als ""weiblich"" galten. Heute gibt es mehr Studentinnen der Wirtschaftswissenschaften als etwa der Germanistik. Was hat Frauen in den letzten Jahrzehnten dazu...

This dissertation project investigates how occupational contexts influence individual occupational decisions and subsequent employment trajectories.It examines how the overall structure of occupations within the local context and the internal structure of different types of occupations affect...

When permitted by law, employers sometimes state the preferred age and sex of their employees in job ads. We study this practice using data from one Mexican and three Chinese job boards, showing that it is widely used to request both genders and is especially prevalent in jobs with low skill...

When employers' explicit gender requests were unexpectedly removed from a Chinese job board overnight, pools of successful applicants became more integrated: women's (men's) share of call-backs to jobs that had requested men (women) rose by 63 (146) percent. The removal 'worked' in this sense...

The great strike -- The world of textile work : continuity and change -- Millworkers, socialism, and the labor movement -- A culture of textile production -- Workers as consumers -- Feminization and industrial expansion -- Expanding the consumer market -- The depression decade and the popular front