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Book SynopsisA controversial interpretation of women's dramatic inroads into several male occupations
Trade Review"Even in the wake of feminism's ebullient 'second wave,' women routinely and almost universally get a raw deal in the labor market, with women of color getting the rawest deal of all. In Job Queues, Gender Queues
, Barbara Reskin and Patricia Roos illustrate this with exemplary clarity."—
Felicia Kombluh,
Voice Literary SupplementTable of Contents Preface
Part I: Explaining the Changing Sex Composition of Occupations
1. Occupational Sex Segregation: Persistence and Change
2. Queuing and Changing Occupational Composition
3. Consequences of Desegregation: Occupational Integration and Economic Equity?
Part II: Case Studies of Occupation Change
4. Culture, Commerce and Gender: The Feminization of Book Editing – Barbara F. Reskin
5. Industrial and Occupational Change in Pharmacy: Prescription for Feminization – Polly A. Phipps
6. Keepers of the Corporate Image: Women in Public Relations – Katharine M. Donato
7. High Finance, Small Change: Women's Increased Representation in Bank Management – Chloe E. Bud
8. Programming for Change? The Growing Demand for Women Systems Analysts – Katharine M. Donato
9. Women's Gains in Insurance Sales: Increased Supply, Uncertain Demand – Barbara J. Thomas
10. A Woman's Place is Selling Homes: Occupational Change and the Feminization of Real Estate Sales – Barbara J. Thomas and Barbara F. Reskin
11. Occupational Resegregation among Insurance Adjusters and Examiners – Polly A. Phipps
12. Women Behind Bars: The Feminization of Bartending – Linda A. Detman
13. Baking and Baking Off: Deskilling and the Changing Sex Makeup of Bakers – Thomas Steiger and Barbara F. Reskin
14. Hot-Metal to Electronic Composition: Gender, Technology, and Social Change – Patricia A. Roos
Part III: Conclusion
Summary, Implications, and Prospects
Appendix: Guidelines Used for Occupation Case Studies
References
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Authors
