Gebundenes Buch

Women and Austerity

The Economic Crisis and the Future for Gender Equality

Herausgeber: Karamessini, Maria; Rubery, Jill

Beschreibung

This volume constitutes the first attempt to identify how the economic crisis and the subsequent austerity policies are affecting women in Europe and the US, tracing the consequences for gender equality in employment and welfare systems in nine case studies from countries facing the most severe adjustment problems.

Autor

Maria Karamessini is Professor of Labour Economics and Economics of the Welfare State at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece. She is also Director of the Centre for Gender Studies at the University. She has published extensively on labour market issues, employment and social policy, gender inequalities in paid work and equality policy. Jill Rubery is Professor of Comparative Employment Systems at Manchester Business School, UK. She is also founder and Co-Director of the European Work and Employment Research Centre. She has published widely on comparative employment systems, gender equality and labour market segmentation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 740g
• ISBN-13: 9780415815369
• ISBN-10: 0415815363
• Artikelnr.: 36331780