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. '...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 Development

In the Way of Women: Men's Resistance to Equality in Organisations

Politics & Social Sciences

cynthia-cockburn

Social Sciences

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Brothers: Male Dominance and Technological Change

Pluto Press Ltd.

A new introduction and substantial closing chapter bring this book up to date with the technological changes which have affected the printing industry since this book was first published in the early 1980s. Cynthia Cockburn traces the events in the industry in the ten years to 1991, looks at their effect on the industrial muscle of skilled print workers and the position of women in the industry, and sets these findings in the context of broader trends in gender relations. The original material, based on interviews with fifty skilled print craftsmen, remains as instructive today about male attitudes to work, women and class relationships as it was then.

Business & Money

Economics

Pluto Pr

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