Women and Scientific Employment PDF
by J. Glover
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Women and Scientific Employment combines rich empirical data and theoretical discussion on the 'problem' of women's representation in scientific education and employment.
Making a plea for the different scientific disciplines to be examined separately, it contributes to public policy debates on the sciences and to sociolog-ical knowledge on women's professional employment. A major conclusion is that a science can contain either a few or many women but they are equally likely to be concentrated in low level positions.
There is little evidence from Britain, USA or France - the three countries focused on - that high levels of 'getting in' (quantitative feminization) lead to correspondingly high levels of 'getting on' (vertical feminization). Clear general implications for research, policy and data-gathering on women's employment follow from this conclusion: there needs to be a renewed emphasis on the examination of vertical segregation within particular occupations.
Encouraging women to enter the sciences has only a weak connection with their retention and advancement.
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- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:17/02/2000
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- ISBN:9780333981085
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:17/02/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780333981085
