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Gender inequality :

Vianello, Mino, 1927-

Gender inequality : a comparative study of discrimination and participation / Mino Vianello, Renata Siemienska ; foreword by Cynthia Fuchs Epstein. - London ; Newbury Park, Calif. : SAGE, 1990. - xxii, 360 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - SAGE studies in international sociology ; 39 .

Online version:
Vianello, Mino, 1927-
Gender inequality.
London ; Newbury Park, Calif. : SAGE, 1990
(OCoLC)652153072

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction --
The object of the research --
The research design --
The structure of the book --
A warming for the reader --
Chapter 1: The context of the research --
The chosen parameters --
Matters relevant to women --
Conclusion --
Chapter 2: Gender differences and values --
Questioning attitudes, value and expectations --
Attitudes towards "natural" differences between female and male propensities --
Ideal handling of domestic chores --
Attitudes related to work --
Attitudes toward women in leadership positions --
Alienation --
Conclusion --
Chapter 3: The question of gender parity at home --
Income --
Child care --
Domestic chores --
Frustration and domestic work --
Perception of influence on the spouse --
Some general hypotheses about income equality --
Religion and domestic chores --
Determinants of equality between the couple --
Chapter 4: At work --
Women's vocational mobilization --
Models of women's mobilization and attitudes towards women's occupational activity --
Work experience --
Appraisal of actual conditions of work --
Appraisal of gender inequality in job-related situations --
Conclusion --
Chapter 5: Public participation --
Modes of public participation --
Public offices --
Party affiliation and office-holding --
Political system, class, gender and participation --
Other forms of participation --
Interrelation among various forms of participation --
Feeling of influence in organizations --
Reasons for not participating --
Women's low level of participation in public matters: a stereotype with a hard core of truth --
The exclusion of women from power --
Conclusion. TOC



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Sex role--Cross-cultural studies.
Sex discrimination--Cross-cultural studies.
Women--Political activity--Cross-cultural studies.

HQ1075 / .V53 1990

305.3 / VIG 1990