In the Way of Women
Men's Resistance to Sex Equality in Organizations
Published on 23. September 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
V, 266 pages
978-0-333-54913-1 (ISBN)
Description
How are men responding to feminism? In particular, at work dealing with the challenge to their power and privilege represented by positive action for sex equality? The 1980s saw many organizations, from major companies to left-wing local councils, take action to improve women's chances. The research on which this book is based evaluates the part of men in the equality process. The author demonstrates the social mechanisms through which women's aspirations for change are thwarted and draws lessons from experience for feminist activism in organizations in the 1990s.
Reviews / Votes
'...an important and valuable contribution to the study of organisations, to an analysis of gendered social processes, and to those who actively remain committed to creating a better world for women.' - Jalna Hanmer, Times Higher Education Supplement '...an engrossing study of resistance to the implementation of equality policies in different kinds of organizations.' - Elizabeth Meehan, Queen's University, Belfast '...the book has the triple virtues of increasing specialized knowledge, compelling the attention of readers generally interested in politics and society and being moving for all who are concerned about human dignity.'- Elizabeth Meehan, Queen's University, Belfast '...essential reading for anyone interested in organisational development in general and Equal Opportunities in particular. Highly recommended...' - Management Education and DevelopmentMore details
Edition
1991
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
382 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-54913-1 (9780333549131)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
09/1991
Palgrave Macmillan
€55.71
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Person
CYNTHIA COCKBURN is a researcher and writer based in the Department of Social Sciences, the City University, London. Her main interest is in the patterns of equality and domination at work and in trade unions. During the 1980s she carried out a succession of research projects on technological change, skill, training and related gender issues.
Content
Equal Opportunities.- 'Rights' and Wrongs Room at the Top Defined in Domesticity Woman's Worth Sexuality.- On Whose Terms? Of Men and Monsters.- Ethnicity.- Whiteness and the Man; Homosexuals.- The Other 'Other'; Disability.- Work Fit for People; Present and Speaking.- A Politics of the Body Towards Parity.