1st Edition
The Social Mobility Of Women Beyond Male Mobility Models
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1990. What are a woman's chances of 'getting on in life'? How many shopkeepers' daughters make it to senior politcal pots- more or less, than shopkeeper's sons? What do we mean when we talk of a 'successful woman'? Up until now, we have know very little about female social mobility as studies have mostly been concerned with men. For the first time, this collection presents a... Read more
List of Figures and Tables, Preface, Chapter 1 Introduction: Origins and Destinations, Chapter 2 Women’s Social Mobility: The Conventional Wisdom Reconsidered, Chapter 3 The Mobility of Women and Men, Chapter 4 A Re-examination of ‘Three Theses Re-examined’, Chapter 5 The Changing Pattern of Early Career Mobility, Chapter 6 Gender and Intergenerational Mobility, Chapter 7 The Career Mobility of Women and Men, Chapter 8 Credentials and Careers, Chapter 9 Marriage Partners and their Class Trajectories, Chapter 10 Occupational Mobility over Women’s Lifetime, Chapter 11 Stratification over the Life-course: Gender Differences within the Household, Chapter 12 Beyond Male Mobility Models, Bibliography, Notes on Contributors, Subject Index, Author Index
Biography
Geoff Payne, Pamela Abbott
