Market returns? Gender and theories of change in employment relations

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 261-280

  Irwin, Sarah ^a   Bottero, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment change; Family; Gender; Individualization; Market; Moral economy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLICY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034201203     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2000.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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