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Image Credit: Neela, Ste and children Lambthis week at lse, anne-marie matanza spoke about her new book, unfinished business: women, men, work and family. This book seeks to challenge the assumption that professional life and caregiving are antithetical, arguing that this has served to maintain long-standing gender imbalances in the workplace. To mark the occasion, this book review recommends 10 more must-read books on gender and the workplace.
unexplored dimensions of discrimination. tito boeri, eleonora patacchini, and giovanni peri (eds). Oxford University Press. 2015.
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What mechanisms serve to maintain the gender wage gap and other forms of discrimination in the labor market? This book provides a comprehensive and empirical interrogation of various facets of discrimination through data collected from the United States, Spain, and Italy. ria ivandic welcomes you for opening a very important academic dialogue on previously unexamined aspects of discrimination in the labor market.
recoding of gender: the changing participation of women in computing. janet abate with press. 2012.
This book explores the untold story of women in computing and programming from World War II to the end of the 20th century. Demonstrating how gender has shaped computing culture, it offers valuable historical perspective on the underrepresentation of women in the field. Jennifer Miller recommends this to readers interested in an account of women’s participation and contributions to computing, and to those seeking answers to challenges in setting policy for the scientific and technical workforce.
sisters in the state house: black women and legislative decision-making. nadia e. Brown. Oxford University Press. 2014.
In 2013, of the 7,776 female state legislators serving in the us. In the US, 364 were women of color; of these, 239 were African-American women. Linking personal narratives with political behavior, this book draws from the life stories of African-American female legislators to understand how their experiences of racism and sexism have influenced their legislative decision-making and political preferences, writes Muireann O’Dwyer.
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father and daughter: patriarchy, gender and social sciences. ann oakley political press. 2014.
For many aspiring young sociologists, the writings of Ann Oakley have been inspiring and reassuring. This book explores her own life and that of her father, Richard Titmuss, a well-known political analyst and advocate of the welfare state, to offer an absorbing insight into the connections between private life and public work. essential reading, she finds sally brown.
the impact of gender quotas. Franceschet Susan, Mona Lena Krook and Jennifer M. piscopo (eds). Oxford University Press. 2012.
As debates about gender quotas become increasingly prominent, it is imperative that we understand how they achieve their intended ends, if at all. this book stands as an important contribution to this discussion. Linnea Sandström Lange finds it packed with empirical insights into the effectiveness of gender quotas, arguing that the rather pessimistic immediate picture painted by the detailed studies in the book must be countered by acknowledging the unknown long-term effects of gender quotas.
fighting gender wars: us. military women in afghanistan and iraq. paige whaley anxious. ash gate 2014.
this book examines how military women have been impacted and affected by the wars in iraq and afghanistan, using the analytical lens of ir feminist theory. assesses how the global world of international politics and war has been localized in the life-and-death narratives of female service personnel by their experiences of combat, homelessness, and post-traumatic stress disorder. mercy ette feels the book would have benefited from stricter editing, but overall offers a fresh look at the impact of war on women and expands on the personal stories to illustrate the gendered nature of the war. war.
women and ict in africa and the middle east: changes in the self, changes in societies. ineke buskens and anne webb. zed books 2014.
Based on analysis from 21 research teams in 14 countries, this book explores what it takes to realize the emancipatory potential of information and communications technology (ICT). The case studies never fail to arouse curiosity, although some chapters are a bit short, writes Morgane Colleau.
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women and journalism. suzanne franks. i.b. Taurus. 2013.
In many countries, the majority of high-profile journalists and editors are still men. Although there have been considerable changes in the perspectives of women working in the media in recent decades, women are still a notable minority in mainstream journalistic roles, even though they make up the majority of journalism students. This book provides an overview of the current imbalances facing women in the media and discusses the key issues that stand in the way of gender equality in journalism, writes Lauren Maffeo.
broken, cracked or firmly intact? women and the global executive glass ceiling. farida jalalzai. Oxford University Press. 2013.
in 1960, sri lanka’s sirimavo bandaranaike made history when she was appointed the world’s first female prime minister. In the half century after her achievement, fewer than 80 women worldwide have reached the position of prime minister or president. This book aims to explain the mechanisms that push politically active women into relatively weak positions and why women who manage to reach executive positions almost always come from political families within unstable systems. Senia Cuevas is impressed with this detailed text.
girls who come to technology! a history of american engineering education for women. amy sue bix. with press. March 2014.
In an era when technology is still associated with masculinity, this book is an important and timely investigation of the gendered history of engineering education in the United States. examines the rhetorical pitfalls, social and political obstacles, and pervasive hypocrisy that have surrounded debates about coeducation over the course of the last century. Although Leonie Maria Tanczer feels conflicted with the title, she encourages engineering students and educators, women’s history scholars, and science and technology students to read this chronological analysis of women’s struggle to enter a territory. dominated by men.
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