Women and Work: The Age of Post-Feminism? (Routledge Revivals)

Sperling, Liz, Owen, Mairead

ISBN 10: 1138734454 / ISBN 13: 9781138734456

Published by Routledge, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Women and Work: The Age of Post-Feminism? (Routledge Revivals)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138734454
• ISBN 13: 9781138734456
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

This title was first published in 2000:  The 1990s have been heralded as the 'age of women' based on the facts that, globally, more women are benefiting from formal education and are in paid employment in greater numbers than ever. As such, the possibility that an age of post-feminism has been reached, in which battles for women’s basic rights have largely been won, is implied. This book, based on research across academic disciplines, challenges such claims. Using women and work as the basis analysis, the authors consider whether such things as flexible working, equal opportunities initiatives and even contemporary conceptions of citizenship are universally beneficial to women. The book presents research ranging from issues of immigrant sex-workers in Japan to the implementation of EU equality policies and raises the ironic question that, as the global economy increasingly depends on women, could a growing but uneasy alliance be developing between capitalism and feminism?

About the Author

Liz Sperling, Mairead Owen