Gender inequality : a comparative study of discrimination and participation / Mino Vianello, Renata Siemienska ; foreword by Cynthia Fuchs Epstein.

By: Vianello, Mino, 1927-Contributor(s): Siemieńska, Renata Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: SAGE studies in international sociology ; 39Publication details: London ; Newbury Park, Calif. : SAGE, 1990. Description: xxii, 360 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0803982437; 9780803982437Subject(s): Sex role -- Cross-cultural studies | Sex discrimination -- Cross-cultural studies | Women -- Political activity -- Cross-cultural studiesDDC classification: 305.3 LOC classification: HQ1075 | .V53 1990Online resources: WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	305.3 VIG 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		25991

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

TOC 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.

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