Equity in the workplace : gendering workplace policy analysis

Gottfried, Heidi, 1955- (Added Author). Reese, Laura A. (Laura Ann), 1958- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0739106880 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xiii, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : Lexington Books, c2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword: Gender and Civil Society / Paul Rich -- Introduction: Gendering Workplace Policy Analysis / Heidi Gottfried and Laura Reese -- 1. Globalization, Gender, and Work: Perspectives on Global Regulation / Ilse Lenz -- 2. Policy Strategies in a Global Era for Gendered Workplace Equity / Sylvia Walby -- 3. European Gender Mainstreaming: Promises and Pitfalls of Transformative Policy / Alison Woodward -- 4. Institutionally Embedded Gender Models: Re-regulating Breadwinner Models in Germany and Japan / Heidi Gottfried and Jacqueline O'Reilly -- 5. Career Advancement Choices of Female Managers in U.S. Local Governments / Wendy L. Hassett -- 6. An Assessment of Women's Acceptance as Breadwinners in the United States / Heidi M. Berggren -- 7. Parental Leave and Gender Equality: What Can the United States Learn from the European Union? / Linda Haas -- 8. Solving a Problem or Tinkering at the Margins? Work, Family, and Caregiving / Steven K. Wisensale -- 9. The Employment Insurance Model: Maternity, Parental, and Sickness Benefits in Canada / Eileen Trzcinski -- 10. Erosion of the Male-Breadwinner Model? Female Labor-Market Participation and Family-Leave Policies in Germany / Katherine Bird and Karin Gottschall -- 11. Globalization and Work/Life Balance: Gendered Implications of New Initiatives at a U.S. Multinational in Japan / Glenda S. Roberts -- 12. Europeanizing the Military: The ECJ and the Transformation of the Bundeswehr / Ulrike Liebert -- 13. Implementing Sexual Harassment Law in the United States and Germany / Kathrin Zippel -- 14. Sexual Harassment Policies and Employee Preferences in Local U.S. Government / Laura Reese and Karen E. Lindenberg.