Description
Book SynopsisAn analysis of the institutional, academic, family, and personal contributors to the academic gender gap in liberal-state universities.
Trade ReviewAcademic Careers and the Gender Gap is an original study that offers valuable new insights on the gendering of academic work, especially with respect to the changing nature of the university context and the academic profession. A particular strength lies in the rich qualitative data that sheds valuable light on ongoing debates in the sociology of gender, work, and family. -- Karen D. Hughes, Professor of Sociology and Business (Strategic Management and Organization), University of Alberta
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments
1 Setting the Scene
2 Gendered Patterns of Education, Work, and Family Life
3 University Restructuring and Global Markets
4 Social Capital and Gendered Responses to University Practices
5 Gendered Families and the Motherhood Penalty
6 Subjectivities and the Gender Gap
7 Explaining the Academic Gender Gap
Methodological Appendix
Notes
References
Index
