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

Published London ; Newbury Park, Calif. : SAGE, 1990

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Description xxii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series Sage studies in international sociology ; 39 Sage studies in international sociology ; 39 Contents 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 Analysis Women Sex discrimination by society Notes Women. Sex discrimination by society (BNB/PRECIS) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Sex differences -- Social aspects. Sex discrimination against women. Sex discrimination -- Cross-cultural studies. Sex role -- Cross-cultural studies. Women -- Political activity -- Cross-cultural studies. Women -- Social conditions. Author Siemieńska, Renata. LC no. 90060195 ISBN 0803982437

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